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NH 101058 U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat

Photo #: NH 101058 U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat
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Title: U.S. Navy Motor Torpedo Boat
Description: In a Northeastern yacht basin (probably at Greenport, Long Island, New York), circa summer 1917. This is probably C-250, a 50-foot experimental torpedo boat purchased from the Greenport Basin & Construction Company soon after the U.S. entered World War I. Note the trainable torpedo tube mounted on her after deck. The boat behind her, with number 63painted on her pilothouse and a life ring marked SP 63, is not USS Rivalen (SP-63), but is probably Greenport Hull 278, which later became USS Russ (SP-1151). Collection of Robert S. Waters. Donated by Mrs. Alice W. Thomas, 1972. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 101058
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