Photo #: NH 94474
Ora Belle (American Motor Boat, 1911)
Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service, probably
in a South Carolina area harbor.
This pleasure craft had been renamed Dolphin by June 1918.
She was acquired by the Navy on 21 July 1918, placed in commission
on 24 August as USS Dolphin (SP-874), and returned to
her owner on 16 December 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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