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805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Mary (Motor Boat, 1907).
Previously named Dida and (perhaps) Boston
Mary, a 57' 6" motor boat, was built in 1907 (or
1908) at Morris Heights, New York, as a pleasure craft. She was
also named Dida and perhaps Boston in the years
following her completion. Though surveyed in 1917 for possible
Navy use and given the identification number SP-462, Mary
was not taken over and remained a civilian craft throughout the
First World War.
This page features our only views of the motor boat Mary.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101985
Mary (U.S. Motor Boat, 1907-08)
Photographed circa 1917. Previously named Dida and perhaps
Boston, this pleasure craft was surveyed in 1917 for World
War I service and given the identification number SP-462. However,
she was not taken over by the Navy.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 520 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 99678
Mary (American Motor Boat, 1907-1908)
In a harbor, prior to World War I.
Evaluated for possible service as "strong and well built
in good condition but not able to keep sea in heavy weather",
and given the identification number SP-462, this pleasure craft
was not taken over by the Navy.
The original print has been crudely annotated to note a changed
location for the boat's mast. The name Mary is visible
on her life rings.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 535 pixels |
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Page made 14 September 2001
New image added 6 November 2004