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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 102372 Whistler (U.S. motor boat, 1917) Probably photographed at the time she was taken over by the Navy. She already has a gun mounting installed just forward of her cockpit. This high-speed boat was acquired by the Navy on 17 May 1917 and commissioned on 31 July 1917 as USS Whistler (SP-784). Stricken on 17 May 1919, she was sold on 30 June 1919. Note small motor boat Argus in the foreground. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 75KB; 740 x 515 pixels

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26 December 2001