USS May, a 1100-ton (displacement) patrol vessel, was built in 1891 at Troon, Scotland, as a civilian yacht. She was purchased by the Navy in August 1917 and placed in commission in October of that year. During the First World War, she served in the Atlantic and the Caribbean on shipping protection duties. As of March 1919, she was intended for eventual service as a flagship, but ran aground off Cape Engano, Santo Domingo, on 27 July 1919. After unfruitful attempts to refloat her, May's wreck was offered for sale. However, no purchasers appeared, and she was abandoned as unsalable in June 1923.
This page features our only view of USS May (SP-164).
For pictorial coverage of May as a civilian ship,
see:
For more photographs related to USS May's November
1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to the Azores, see:
For a photograph and information on Ensign Tedford H. Cann,
USNRF, who was awarded the Medal
of Honor for "courageous conduct" on board May
in November 1917, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Click on the small photograph to prompt a larger view of the same image.
For pictorial coverage of May as a civilian ship,
see:
For more photographs related to USS May's November
1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to the Azores, see:
For a photograph and information on Ensign Tedford H. Cann,
USNRF, who was awarded the Medal
of Honor for "courageous conduct" on board May
in November 1917, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
Page made 22 January 2002
Links added 31 October 2004