Photo #: NH 100886
Motor Boat built by the Gas Engine and Power Company, Morris
Heights, N.Y., circa 1916
Underway prior to World War I.
This craft was an "exact duplicate" of the motor boat
Courtenay P, which was ordered delivered to the Navy on
5 July 1917 and placed in commission on 30 August 1917 as USS
Courtenay P (SP-899). On 6 July 1918 she was reported
as "having proved unsuitable" and ordered returned
to her owner. This was done on 12 December 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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