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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Polly (SP-690), 1917-1919.
Originally the civilian motor boat Howmornel, Kahkin
IV and Polly.
Howmornel, a 61¾-foot motor boat, was built 1909
at Morris Heights, New York, for use as a pleasure craft. She
was later renamed Kahkin IV, and, still later, Polly.
Purchased by the Navy in mid-May 1917 and placed in commission
as USS Polly (SP-690), she was assigned to patrol duty
along the coast of southern New England. No longer needed after
the conflict's conclusion, she was stricken from the Navy list
in March 1919 and, in September of that year, was transferred
to the Bureau of Fisheries.
This page features our only views of USS Polly (SP-690)
and the civilian motor boat Howmornel, Kahkin IV
and Polly.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 102136
Kahkin IV (Motor Boat, 1909)
Underway, prior to World War I.
This pleasure craft has previously been named Howmornel,
and was later renamed Polly. She was acquired by the Navy
on 14 May 1917 and commissioned one day later as USS Polly
(SP-690). Following First World War service she was stricken
on 11 March 1919 and transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on
9 September 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 79KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102137
USS Polly (SP-690)
In port during World War I.
Built in 1909 as a pleasure craft, and named Howmornel,
Kahkin IV and Polly in that role, she was acquired
by the Navy on 14 May 1917 and commissioned one day later. She
was stricken on 11 March 1919, following First World War service,
and transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 430 pixels |
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