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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Kanised (American Motor Boat, 1909).
Previously named Tuscanola and Nahmeoka.
Served as USS Kanised (SP-439) in 1917-1919
Kanised, a 100-foot (61-ton) motor boat, was built in
1909 at Long Branch, New Jersey, as a pleasure craft. She was
originally named Tuscanola and later Nahmeoka. The
Navy acquired her in May 1917, placing her in commission as USS
Kanised (SP-439). During World War I, she operated as a
patrol and mail boat in the vicinity of Hampton Roads, Virginia.
Stricken from the List of Naval Vessels in March 1919, Kanised
was sold in December of that year.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
motor boat Kanised, previously named Tuscanola and
Nahmeoka, which served as USS Kanised (SP-439) in
1917-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 99477
Nahmeoka (American Motor Boat, 1909)
Photographed prior to World War I.
Later renamed Kanised, she was USS Kanised (SP-439)
in 1917-1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 545 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101953
Kanised (U.S. Motor Boat, 1909)
Photographed prior to World War I.
Previously named Tuscanola, then Nahmeoka, she
served as USS Kanised (SP-439) in 1917-19.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 50KB; 740 x 405 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101350
USS Kanised (SP-439)
Underway during World War I. This photograph was possibly taken
from USS Iowa (Battleship # 4) in the Hampton Roads area,
Virginia, in 1918.
Built in 1909 as a pleasure craft and formerly named Nahmeoka
and Tuscanola, this motor boat was acquired by the Navy
on 8 May 1917 and placed in commission on 12 May. She was stricken
from the Navy Register on 31 March 1919 and sold on 13 December
1919.
Collection of Commander Haines H. Lippincott, USN (Chaplains
Corps).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 390 pixels |
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Page made 3 June 2001
New images added 15 August 2004