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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Nahma (SP-771), 1917-1919.
Previously the civilian yacht Nahma (built in 1897)
Nahma, a 2900-ton yacht, was built in 1897 at Glasgow,
Scotland. She was leased by the U.S. Navy in June 1917 and placed
in commission in August 1917 as USS Nahma (SP-771). During
the rest of World War I, she operated out of Gibraltar on convoy
escort duty. After the Armistice, she served in the Aegean and
Black Seas supporting refugee relief and communications efforts
during the post-war strife in Turkey and Russia. Nahma
was decommissioned at Greenock, Scotland, in July 1919 and returned
to her owner.
This page features the only views we have related to USS
Nahma and the civilian yacht Nahma.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 102049
Nahma (U.S. Steam Yacht, 1897)
Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service.
This large yacht was acquired by the Navy on 21 June 1917 and
placed in commission on 27 August 1917 as USS Nahma (SP-771).
She was decommissioned in the United Kingdom on 19 July 1919
and returned to her owner.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 50474
USS Nahma (SP-771)
At sea, during World War I.
Courtesy of John C. O'Connell.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 42548
USS Nahma (SP-771)
Photographed by Herman Whitaker while at anchor, circa 1917-1918.
She was a former yacht, built in 1897 and leased to the Navy
for $1.00 a year on 21 June 1917. One of the largest yachts to
serve in the U.S. Navy, she had extensive service in European
waters before being decommissioned on 19 July 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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