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Photo #  NH 101833:  Motor boat Itasca circa 1917


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Itasca (Motor Boat, 1908);
Served as USS Itasca (SP-810) and USS SP-810, 1917-1919

Itasca, a 42-ton motor boat, was built at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1908 for use as a civilian pleasure craft. After being leased by the Navy, she was commissioned in July 1917 and served during World War I as a hospital boat in the Norfolk, Virginia, area. Renamed SP-810 in April 1918, she was returned to her owner in February 1919.

This page features our only view of the motor boat Itasca, which served as USS Itasca (SP-810) and USS SP-810 in 1917-1919.


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Photo #: NH 101833

Itasca
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1908)

Photographed circa 1917.
This craft served as USS Itasca (SP-810) during 1917-19.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 455 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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Page made 4 May 2001
New text information added 5 June 2004