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Photo # NH 45270:  USS Edithena with other section patrol boats at Boston, circa 1918

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USS Edithena (SP-624), 1917-1919.
Previously was the civilian motor boat Edithena (Built 1914)

USS Edithena, a 75-foot patrol boat, was built in 1914 at Morris Heights, New York, for use as a civilian pleasure craft. She was purchased by the Navy in June 1917 and commissioned soon afterwards. Through the rest of World War I, and during the first months of peace that followed the November 1918 Armistice, she performed patrol duties in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts. USS Edithena was stricken from the Navy list in October 1919 and later transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Edithena (SP-624) and the civilian motor boat Edithena.


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Photo #: NH 99324

Edithena
(American Motor Boat, 1914)

Underway prior to her World War I era Naval service.
Purchased by the Navy and placed in commission on 20 June 1917 as USS Edithena (SP-624), this craft was stricken on 21 October 1919 and transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 495 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99325

Edithena
(American Motor Boat, 1914)

Underway prior to World War I.
This craft was USS Edithena (SP-624) in 1917-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 540 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45270

Section Patrol Boats


In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918.
They are (from left to right):
USS Paloma (SP-533);
USS Edithena (SP-624); and
USS Elsie III (SP-708).
Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 


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Page made 31 December 2001
New images added 21 May 2004