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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Snark (Motor Boat, 1917).
Served as USS Snark (SP-1291) in 1917-1919
Snark, a 62-foot 4-inch long motor boat, was built at
Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1917 for a civilian owner, with the
probable intent to make her available to the Navy as a patrol
craft. She was leased to the Navy soon after completion and placed
in commission as USS Snark (SP-1291) at the end of August
1917. For the rest of World War I, and during the early post-war
era, she served in the Fifth Naval District. Snark was
returned to her owner in late March 1919.
This page features all the views we have of the motor boat
Snark, which served as USS Snark (SP-1291) in 1917-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101887
Snark (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Photographed at the time of her completion. She was one of nine
62'4" motor boats of the Apache type built by Herreshoff
Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island, specifically for
patrol duty. Turned over to the Navy for World War I service,
she was commissioned as USS Snark (SP-1291) on 30 August
1917 and returned to her owner on 29 March 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100244
Snark (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Underway after World War I, while employed as a pleasure craft.
Privately built by Herreshoff at Bristol, Rhode Island, for possible
Navy use as a patrol boat, she was commissioned as USS Snark
(SP-1291) on 30 August 1917 and returned to her owner on 29 March
1919.
Note that she still wears her wartime "SP" number in
commemoration of her Naval service, and has been refitted with
an enlarged pilot house.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 102225
Snark (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Underway after World War I, while employed as a pleasure craft.
Photographed by Edwin Levick, New York.
Privately built by Herreshoff at Bristol, Rhode Island, for possible
Navy use as a patrol boat, she was commissioned as USS Snark
(SP-1291) on 30 August 1917 and returned to her owner on 29 March
1919.
Note that she wears her wartime "SP" number, commemorating
her Naval service, and has been refitted with an enlarged pilot
house.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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