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Photo # NH 96132:  Yacht Galatea, which became USS Galatea in 1917

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USS Galatea (SP-714), 1917-1921.
Originally the civilian steam yacht Galatea, built in 1914

Galatea, a 367 gross ton steam yacht, was built in 1914 by Pusy and Jones at Wilmington, Delaware. Owned by E.L. Ford of Grosse Pointe Farms, near Detroit, Michigan, she was purchased by the Navy in mid-July 1917 for World War I service. Commissioned in late August, while still at Detroit, she left the Great Lakes and steamed to the Boston Navy Yard to be converted to a warship. When this work was completed, she was recommissioned in mid-November and, in December 1917, departed for the Azores towing a French Navy submarine chaser.

Galatea was badly strained during this voyage, and was under repair for well over a year after her late January 1918 arrival at Ponta Delgada. In May 1919 she began local transportation duty in the Azores. In June she steamed back across the Atlantic to Boston, decommissioning there in mid-July. During the early 1920s Galatea was used as a receiving ship at the Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine. She was sold in December 1921 and delivered to her purchaser in February 1922.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Galatea (SP-714) and the steam yacht Galatea of 1914.


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Photo #: NH 96132

Galatea
(American Steam Yacht, 1914)

Probably photographed upon completion by her builder, Pussey and Jones of Wilmington, Delaware.
This yacht was acquired by the Navy on 26 July 1917 and placed in commission on 16 November 1917 as USS Galatea (SP-714). She was stricken from the Navy list on 18 August 1919 and delivered to her purchaser on 14 February 1922.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 99536

Galatea
(American Steam Yacht, 1914)

Photographed circa 1914-1916.
This yacht served as USS Galatea (SP-714) in 1917-1922.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 53801

USS Galatea
(SP-714)

At Ponta Delgada, Azores, in February 1918.
Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527).
Note Galatea's camouflage.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42786

Ponta Delgada, Azores


U.S. and British ships inside the breakwater in March 1918.
Photographed from USS Margaret (SP-527) by Raymond D. Borden.
The ship whose stack, ventilators and mainmast are visible in the foreground is USS Galatea (SP-714). Immediately beyond her are a U.S. Navy submarine chaser and tug. To the right are two Canadian-built British Admiralty wooden drifters, CD.8 (1917-1920) and CD.7 (1917-1921).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 82KB; 740 x 435 pixels

 


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Page made 18 September 2004
New image added 31 October 2004