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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 --
Ono (American Motor Boat, 1908).
Served as USS Ono (SP-128) in 1917-1919
Ono, a 46-foot motor pleasure boat, was built at Detroit,
Michigan, in 1908. She was taken over by the U.S. Navy in June
1917 and commissioned as USS Ono (SP-128). After World
War I service as a patrol boat in the Great Lakes region, she
was sold in November 1919.
This page features the only views we have concerning the
motor pleasure craft Ono and of USS Ono (SP-128).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 102078
Ono (American Motor Boat, 1908)
Probably photographed soon after she was completed. Her upper
hull form was later changed to give her a forecastle in place
of the low "turtle deck" seen here.
This pleasure boat served as USS Ono (SP-128) in 1917-1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 27KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102077
Ono (American Motor Boat, 1908)
Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service.
She was commissioned on 16 June 1917 as USS Ono (SP-128),
stricken on 12 August 1919 and sold on 20 November 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 103551
Ono (American Motor Boat, 1908)
At anchor, prior to World War I.
This craft served on Great Lakes waters in 1917-1919 as USS Ono
(SP-128).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 44KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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Page made 23 July 2002
New image added 23 February 2006