DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER
805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data
Photo #: NH 89753
Whistler (U.S. motor boat, 1917)
Passing a Nebraska class battleship, probably at about
the time she was taken over by the Navy.
This high-speed boat was acquired by the Navy on 17 May 1917
and commissioned on 31 July 1917 as USS Whistler (SP-784).
The original print is mounted on the "SP" data card
for USS Whistler.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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