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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS E. Benson Dennis (SP-791), 1917-1919
USS E. Benson Dennis, a 100 gross ton patrol vessel, was
built in 1901 by C.W. Crockett of Pocomoke City, Maryland, for
commercial use in the East Coast fishing trade. She was acquired
by the Navy in mid-May 1917 and spent nearly two years assigned
to the Fifth Naval District, performing net patrol and guard duty.
USS E. Benson Dennis was decommissioned in March 1919 and
returned to her owner, E. Benson Dennis of Cape Charles, Virginia.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS
E. Benson Dennis (SP-791).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 103538
USS E. Benson Dennis (SP-791)
Hauled out of the water in August 1917.
Note that her bow bears traces of a different number (possibly
"347") than that she actually was assigned.
Photographed by the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101582
USS E. Benson Dennis (SP-791)
In port during the World War I era.
Built in 1901 by C.W. Crockett of Pocomoke City, Maryland, this
"Menhaden Fisherman" was taken over by the Navy on
14 May 1917 and placed in commission the next day. She was decommissioned
and returned to her owner, E. Benson Dennis of Cape Charles,
Virginia, on 12 March 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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