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Photo #  NH 99484:  Steam yacht Shuttle in port, prior to World War I


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Shuttle (Steam Yacht, 1906).
Served as USS Shuttle (ID # 3572) in 1918-1919

Shuttle, a small (94'6" long; 33 gross tons) steam yacht, was built in 1906 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island. She was obtained by the Navy's Bureau of Ordnance from her owner, H.P. Davidson of New York City, at the end of October 1918. Though World War I ended soon afterwards, the yacht entered service as USS Shuttle (ID # 3572) and was employed transporting personnel between the Washington Navy Yard, D.C., and ordnance facilities further down the Potomac River. After about five months of Navy operation Shuttle was returned to her owner in late March 1919.

This page features the only views we have concerning the steam yacht Shuttle, which served as USS Shuttle (ID # 3572) in 1918-1919.


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Photo #: NH 99484

Shuttle
(American Steam Yacht, 1906)

In port, prior to World War I.
She had U.S. Navy service as Shuttle (ID # 3572) in 1918-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 37KB; 740 x 390 pixels

 
Photo #: 80-G-454990

Washington Navy Yard, District of Columbia


Aerial view of the main part of the Navy Yard, looking north (and a little west) from over the Anacostia River, 18 December 1918. Photographed from a Naval Air Station Anacostia airplane.
Note construction work in the Yard's eastern extension, to the right.
Ferry steamer Boothbay (ID # 1708), which was later renamed Grampus, is in the lower right center, with USS Shuttle (ID # 3572) immediately off her bow (further to the right).

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

Online Image: 146KB; 740 x 610 pixels

Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system.

 


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