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Photo # NH 99127:  Trawler Utowana in port, 1917

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USS Utowana (SP-951), 1918-1920.
Previously the civilian trawler Utowana. Later possibly renamed Victorine

USS Utowana, a 414 gross ton minesweeper and patrol vessel, was built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1891 as a steam yacht. Rebuilt as a trawler in 1917 at Staten Island, New York, she was taken over by the Navy in the summer of that year and placed in commission at the end of October. She left the U.S. in November 1917, en route across the Atlantic by way of Bermuda and the Azores. Arriving in France in February 1918, Utowana carried out coastal escort and patrol service for the rest of World War I. She remained in European waters, performing salvage and repair duties, until the summer of 1919, when she returned to the United States. Utowana was decommissioned in September 1919 and sold in September 1920. She may have been renamed Victorine after returning to civilian employment.

This page features all the views we have concerning USS Utowana (SP-951) and the civilian trawler Utowana.

For photographs related to USS Utowana's November 1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November 1917.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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    Photo #: NH 99127

    Utowana
    (American Trawler, ex-Yacht, 1891)

    In port, probably shortly after she was converted from a yacht to a trawler in 1917.
    This vessel was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 14 July 1917, commissioned as USS Utowana (SP-951) on 30 October 1917, stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold on 13 September 1920.
    Note the "C" funnel marking of her owner, the Commonwealth Fisheries Company of Boston, Massachusetts.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 88KB; 740 x 425 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 102353

    Utowana
    (American Trawler, ex-Yacht, 1891)

    Halftone reproduction of a photograph probably taken just before her World War I Naval service, after she had been converted from a yacht to a trawler in 1917.
    She was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 14 July 1917, commissioned as USS Utowana (SP-951) on 30 October 1917, stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold on 13 September 1920.
    She was reportedly later renamed Victorine.

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

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 465 pixels

     
    Photo #: NH 46586

    USS Utowana
    (SP-951)

    Standing by USS Margaret (SP-527), while she was disabled at sea in passage from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda in November 1917.
    Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

     
    Photo #: NH 91351-KN (color)

    A U.S. Navy Sailor

    Sepia-toned photographic portrait, taken circa 1917-1919.
    His cap band indicates that he was assigned to USS Utowana (SP-951).

    Courtesy of Staff Sergeant Craig Ingersoll, USMC, 1980.

    U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

    Online Image: 53KB; 465 x 765 pixels

     

    For photographs related to USS Utowana's November 1917 trip from Newport, Rhode Island, to Bermuda, see:

  • USS Margaret (SP-527) -- Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November 1917.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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    Page made 31 January 2004
    New image added 6 November 2004