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Photo # NH 45288:  USS Lynx II at Boston, Mass., circa 1918

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USS Lynx II (SP-730), 1917-1919;
later renamed SP-730.
Originally civilian motor boat Lynx II (1917)

Lynx II, a 58-foot motor boat, was built at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1917 for a private owner. She was designed for patrol service with the intention that she would be made available to the Navy when required, and she was accordingly purchased by the Navy in June 1917. Commissioned in the next month as USS Lynx II (SP-730), she served along the east coast of Massachusetts as a dispatch and harbor patrol craft for the rest of World War I and during the first months following the conflict. She was renamed SP-730 in 1918. Decommissioned in May 1919 and stricken from the Navy list in June, the boat was sold in September of that year.

This page features all our views of USS Lynx II (SP-730), which was renamed SP-730 in 1918.

If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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Photo #: NH 102014

Lynx II
(U.S. motor boat, 1917)

Underway, circa Spring 1917, prior to being acquired by the Navy for World War I service.
A 58-foot boat built by Herreshoff, she was acquired by the Navy on 14 June 1917 and commissioned on 9 July 1917 as USS Lynx II (SP-730). She was renamed SP-730 in 1918, stricken on 13 June 1919, and sold on 2 September 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 101883

Lynx II
(U.S. Motor Boat, 1917)

Photographed at the Boston Navy Yard, circa Spring 1917, shortly before she was acquired by the U.S. Navy for use as a patrol boat.
Built by the Herreshoff Mfg. Co. of Bristol, Rhode Island, specifically for patrol service, she was acquired by the Navy on 14 June 1917 and commissioned on 9 July as USS Lynx II (SP-730). She was renamed SP-730 in 1918. Stricken on 13 June 1919, she was sold on 2 September 1919.

The original print is mounted on the "SP" record card for this vessel.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45288

USS Lynx II (SP-730)


In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918.
Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 84KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 


USS Lynx II is also visible in the following views:

Photo #: NH 45276

USS Elsie III (SP-708)
(outboard)

Tied up with other patrol boats in Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918.
USS Lynx II (SP-730) is one of the two other patrol boats present.
Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 91KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45271

USS SP-1259
(ex-Grayling)

Stands out of Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, while on patrol, circa 1918.
USS Elsie III (SP-708) and USS Lynx II (SP-730) are among the patrol boats in the background.
Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 45268

USS Moosehead (ID # 2047)
(left)

In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918, with four patrol boats at right. The latter are (from outboard): USS Kiowa (SP-711), USS Skink (SP-605), USS Whistler (SP-784) and USS Lynx II (SP-730).
Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston.
This image forms the right half of a panorama with Photo # NH 45269.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 435 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42147

Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts


View of the basin looking down the pier, taken by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston, circa 1918, showing USS Moosehead (ID # 2047) in the center and section patrol boats.
USS Alacrity (SP-206) is at the far left. The patrol boats in the left center foreground are (from left to right):
USS Kiowa (SP-711);
USS Skink (SP-605);
unidentified;
USS Whistler (SP-785); and
USS Lynx II (SP-730).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 69KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42145

Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts


View of the basin from on board USS Moosehead (ID # 2047), taken by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston, circa 1918, showing the marine railway, Carpenter's Shop and General Headquarters.
Four section patrol boats are tied up in the foreground, just beyond Moosehead's bow. They are (from left to right):
USS Lynx II (SP-730);
USS Whistler (SP-785);
unidentified; and
USS Skink (SP-605).

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 77KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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Page made 13 December 2001
New images added 19 May 2002