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Photo # NH 102015:  USS Mary Pope.  Photographed circa 1917-19

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USS Mary Pope (SP-291), 1917-1919.
Originally civilian motor boat Mary Pope (1915), which also had the names Manitee and Madge

USS Mary Pope, a 52-foot patrol craft, was built in 1915 at Morris Heights, New York, as the civilian motor boat Manitee. Renamed Madge and Mary Pope while in use as a pleasure craft, she was acquired by the Navy in July 1917 and placed in commission a month later. She served through the rest of the First World War on patrol duties. Stricken from the Navy list in late March 1919, Mary Pope was awaiting sale when she was destroyed by a hurricane at Key West, Florida, on 10 September 1919.

This page features the only views we have concerning USS Mary Pope (SP-291) and the civilian motor boat Mary Pope.


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Photo #: NH 99591

Mary Pope
(American Motor Boat, 1915)

Halftone reproduction of a photograph, with interior general arrangement plan, printed in a contemporary yachting publication. The photo was probably taken when the boat was new, and had the name Manitee. She was later renamed Madge and Mary Pope.
This pleasure craft was taken over by the Navy for Section Patrol service on 7 July 1917 and placed in commission as USS Mary Pope (SP-291) on 9 August 1919. She was destroyed by a hurricane in September 1919, while awaiting sale.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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Photo #: NH 102015

USS Mary Pope (SP-291)


Photographed circa 1917-19.
Built in 1915 and formerly named Manitee and Madge, she was acquired by the Navy on 7 July 1917 and commissioned on 9 August 1917. She was stricken on 31 March 1919 and destroyed in a hurricane on 10 September 1919 while awaiting sale.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 535 pixels

 


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Page made 13 December 2001
New image added 29 September 2004