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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
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.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
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.
Online Image: 93KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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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
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