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Photo #  NH 102080:  Steam yacht Orca, prior to World War I


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Orca (American Steam Yacht, 1901).
Previously named Monaloa.
Served as USS Orca (SP-726) in 1917-1920

Monaloa, a 85-foot steam yacht, was built at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1901. Renamed Orca prior to World War I, she was purchased by the Navy and placed in commission as USS Orca (SP-726) in May 1917. She performed patrol service in the northern New England area until the "Great War" was over and was apparently decommissioned at the end of 1918. Orca was stricken from the Navy list in August 1919 and sold in February 1920.

This page features the only views we have of the steam yacht Orca, previously named Monaloa, and of USS Orca (SP-726).


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Photo #: NH 101357

Monaloa
(American Steam Yacht, 1901)

Underway during the early 1900s, flying the U.S. Yachting Ensign.
She was later renamed Orca and was commissioned as USS Orca (SP-726) on 8 May 1917. Stricken from the Navy list on 18 August 1919, she was sold on 2 February 1920.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 425 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102080

Orca
(American Steam Yacht, 1901)

Photographed prior to World War I.
She was commissioned as USS Orca (SP-726) on 8 May 1917, stricken on 18 August 1919 and sold on 2 February 1920.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 78KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 41948

Rockland Section Base, Rockland, Maine


Sailors exercising with small craft, 1918.
The larger craft present are USS Orca (SP-726); in the center, USS Content (SP-538), in the left center background; and USS Kangaroo (SP-1284), astern of Orca.
Photographed by Alton H. Blackinton, Boston, Massachusetts.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 435 pixels

 


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Page made 31 July 2002
New image added 15 April 2004