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DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Mustang (American Motor Boat, 1911).
Served as USS Mustang (SP-36) in 1917-1919
Mustang, a 56-foot motor pleasure boat, was built at
Saint Joseph, Michigan, in 1911. She was purchased by the Navy
in July 1917 and placed in commission early in October of that
year as USS Mustang (SP-36). Based at Whitestone, Long
Island, the craft was employed on patrol duties in western Long
Island Sound during the rest of World War I. Decommissioned at
some point following the November 1918 Armistice, Mustang
was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in June 1919 and sold
in July.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
motor boat Mustang, which served as USS Mustang
(SP-36) in 1917-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 100219
Mustang (American Motor Boat, 1911)
Underway prior to World War I.
This pleasure craft was purchased by the Navy on 6 July 1917 and
placed in commission on 2 October 1917 as USS Mustang
(SP-36). She was sold on 23 July 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 470 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102370
USS Westchester (ID # 3103)
In port, circa the late summer or fall of 1918.
Built in 1896, this small tug (seen in the center of the photograph)
was chartered by the Navy on 4 September 1918 and returned to
her owner on 14 August 1919.
Though Westchester's data card gives her number as ID
3103, "S.P. 3103" is painted on her bow.
USS Progressive (ID # 2003) is tied up alongside Westchester.
The bow of USS Blue Bird (SP-465) is visible at left.
USS Mustang (SP-36) is in the left middle distance.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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