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Photo # NH 102045:  USS Mystery (ID # 2744), photographed circa 1918

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USS Mystery (ID # 2744), 1918-1919.
Previously the civilian fishing boat Mystery, built in 1886

Mystery, a 97 gross ton (212 tons displacement) fishing boat built at Tottenville, New York, in 1886, was chartered by the Navy in July 1918, taken over the next month and placed in commission early in September 1918 as USS Mystery (ID # 2744). For the next four months, she supported minesweeping operations in the entrances to New York Harbor. With her services no longer needed following the end of World War I, she was returned to her owner in January 1919.

Note on Mystery's number: USS Mystery carried an "S.P." number painted on her bow. However, as was the case for many higher-numbered Section Patrol vessels, her official data card cites her registry number as "ID No. 2744", rather than "S.P. 2744", as would have been a typical data card citation for lower-numbered vessels.

This page features our only views of USS Mystery (ID # 2744) and of the fishing boat Mystery.


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Photo #: NH 99683

Mystery
(American Fishing Boat, 1886)

In port, probably in the New York City area when she was inspected by the Third Naval District on 7 May 1918.
This craft served as USS Mystery (ID # 2744) in 1918-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 102KB; 575 x 765 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102045

USS Mystery (SP-2744)


Photographed circa 1918.
Built in 1886, this fishing boat was chartered by the Navy on 18 July 1918, taken over on 20 August and placed in commission on 2 September 1918. She was returned to her owner on 18 January 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 56KB; 740 x 465 pixels

 


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Page made 31 March 2002
New image added 6 November 2004