Photo #: NH 94480
Kangaroo (American Motor Boat, 1917)
At anchor prior to her World War I Navy service.
One of nine 62'4" boats built by Herreshoff, of Bristol,
Rhode Island, specifically for Naval service, and known initially
as Herreshoff Hull 316, this craft was taken over by the
Navy and placed in commission on 18 September 1917 as USS Kangaroo
(SP-1284). She was transferred to the Treasury Department on
22 November 1919.
This photograph, in which the name "Kangaroo" is faintly
visible on the boat's pilothouse, was also used on the contemporary
"SP" record cards of two sisters: Daiquiri (SP-1285)
and War Bug (SP-1795).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101885
Kangaroo (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Photographed when first completed in 1917.
She was one of nine 62'4" motor boats built by Herreshoff
of Bristol, Rhode Island, specifically for patrol service. Her
original name was Herreshoff 316, which her owner changed
to Kangaroo. She was acquired by the Navy and placed in
commission on 18 September 1917 as USS Kangaroo (SP-1284).
Stricken on 20 May 1919, she was transferred to the Treasury
Department on 22 November 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101952
Kangaroo (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Photographed when first completed in 1917.
She was one of nine 62'4" motor boats built by Herreshoff
of Bristol, Rhode Island, specifically for patrol service. Her
original name was Herreshoff 316, which her owner changed
to Kangaroo. She was acquired by the Navy and placed in
commission on 18 September 1917 as USS Kangaroo (SP-1284).
Stricken on 20 May 1919, she was transferred to the Treasury
Department on 22 November 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 101886
Kangaroo (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Photographed when first completed in 1917.
She was one of nine 62'4" motor boats built by Herreshoff
of Bristol, Rhode Island, specifically for patrol service. Her
original name was Herreshoff 316, which her owner changed
to Kangaroo. She was acquired by the Navy and placed in
commission on 18 September 1917 as USS Kangaroo (SP-1284).
Stricken on 20 May 1919, she was transferred to the Treasury
Department on 22 November 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 100657
USS Kangaroo (SP-1284)
In port, possibly at Key West, Florida, circa 1918-1919. USS
SC-297 and USS SC-290 are in the background.
Built in 1917, this motor boat was acquired by the Navy and placed
in commission on 18 September 1917. She was a sister of USS Apache
(SP-729).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41949
Rockland Section Base, Rockland, Maine
Sailors exercising with rowing and sailing craft, 1918.
The larger craft present are USS Content (SP-538), in
the left center background; and USS Kangaroo (SP-1284),
in the right center background.
Photographed by Alton H. Blackinton, Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 41948
Rockland Section Base, Rockland, Maine
Sailors exercising with small craft, 1918.
The larger craft present are USS Orca (SP-726); in the
center, USS Content (SP-538), in the left center background;
and USS Kangaroo (SP-1284), astern of Orca.
Photographed by Alton H. Blackinton, Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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