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Photo # NH 102057:   USS Nautilus II during World War I

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USS Nautilus II (SP-559), 1917-1919.
Was previously the civilian motor boat Nautilus II.

Nautilus II, a 66-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1917 by the Kyle & Purdy shipyard at City Island, New York. Leased by the Navy in August of that year, she was commissioned in October 1917 as USS Nautilus II (SP-559). She served as a patrol craft in the New York City area for the rest of World War I and for a few months afterwards. Nautilus II was decommissioned and returned to her owner, E.E. Dickinson of Essex County, Connecticut, in February 1919.

This page features the only views we have concerning the motor boat Nautilus II and of USS Nautilus II (SP-559).


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Photo #: NH 99982

Nautilus II
(American Motor Boat, 1917)

Artwork prepared before the boat's completion, possibly for advertising use.
Built by the Kyle & Purdy Shipyard of City Island, New York, this pleasure craft served as USS Nautilus II (SP-559) in 1917-1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 61KB; 740 x 440 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102057

USS Nautilus II (SP-559)


Photographed during World War I.
Built in 1917 by Kyle and Purdy, City Island, New York, and originally known as their Number 74, this motor boat was acquired by the Navy on 17 August 1917 and commissioned on 9 October 1917. She was returned to her owner on 14 February 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 45KB; 740 x 440 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 12 May 2002
New image added 31 January 2005