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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.

Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 445 pixels

 

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26 December 2001