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Photo # NH 102518:  USS Welcome in a Great Lakes port during World War I

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USS Welcome (SP-1175), 1917-1919.
Originally the civilian motor boat Welcome (1914)

USS Welcome, a 40-foot section patrol boat, was built at St. Paul, Minnesota, in 1914 as a civilian pleasure craft. In August 1917 she was leased by the Navy and placed in commission for employment on the Great Lakes during World War I. She was returned to her owner in March 1919.

This page features all the views we have related to USS Welcome (SP-1175) and to the civilian motor boat Welcome.


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Photo #: NH 99389

Welcome
(American Motor Boat, 1914)

Postal card featuring a view of the boat underway in a Great Lakes port prior to World War I. Photographed by Gallagher, the original card advertises sightseeing cruises on the St. Louis River, with Captain Dick Schell as point of contact.
This fast (18 miles per hour) open cockpit type pleasure boat was acquired by the Navy on 7 August 1917 and placed in commission as USS Welcome (SP-1175) on 17 August. She was returned to her owner on 7 March 1919.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 92KB; 740 x 490 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102517

Welcome
(American Motor Boat, 1914)

In port. Presence of a Sailor indicates that the photo may have been taken after she was in Navy service.
This fast (18 miles per hour) open cockpit type pleasure boat was acquired by the Navy on 7 August 1917 and placed in commission as USS Welcome (SP-1175) on 17 August. Following World War I duty on the Great Lakes she was returned to her owner, R.H. Wilcox of Detroit, Michigan, on 7 March 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 94KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 102518

USS Welcome
(SP-1175)

In a Great Lakes area port, during the World War I era.
Acquired by the Navy on 7 August 1917, this former pleasure craft was placed in commission on 17 August and served on the Great Lakes for the rest of World War I. She was returned to her owner on 7 March 1919.
Ship in the background is probably the Coast Guard Cutter Morrill.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 530 pixels

 


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