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Photo # NH 100893:  USS Acoma, photographed circa 1917

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USS Acoma (SP-1228), 1917-1918.
Originally the Civilian Motor Boat Acoma

Acoma, a 60-foot motor boat, was built at Morris Heights, New York, in 1917 as a civilian pleasure craft. She was leased by the Navy in September 1917 and commissioned the following month as USS Acoma (SP-1228). After operating as a patrol boat in the vicinity of Newport, Rhode Island, and Bedford, Connecticut, for the rest of World War I, Acoma was returned to her owner in November 1918.

This page features all the views we have of USS Acoma and of the motor boat Acoma.


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Photo #: NH 100893

USS Acoma (SP-1228)


Underway, circa 1917.
Originally designated Hull No. 2571 and launched in 1917, this motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 25 September 1917 and commissioned on 18 October 1917. She was returned to her owner on 25 November 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 60KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 95892

USS Acoma (SP-1228)


Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken circa 1917, showing Acoma underway with the Dutch steamer Amsteldijk (built 1901) in the background.

The original photograph is in Record Group 19-LCM in the National Archives.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 325 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102345

Acoma
(American Motor Boat, 1917)

Underway, prior to her World War I Navy service.
This craft was acquired by the Navy on 25 September 1917 and commissioned on 18 October as USS Acoma (SP-1228). She was returned to her owner on 25 November 1918.
Photographed by M. Rosenfeld, New York.
Note: Contemporary Navy clerks marked the original with the name of Acoma's sister, which served as USS Velocipede (SP-1258).

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 515 pixels

 


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Page made 2 April 2002
New image added 13 October 2003