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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --

Constance II (American Motor Boat, 1914).
Became USS Constance II (SP-633) in 1917 and YP-633 in 1920.

Constance II, a 41-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1914 by the Holmes Motor Boat Company of West Mystic, Connecticut. In July 1917 she was acquired by the Navy from Joseph Gahm of Boston, Massachusetts, and placed in commission as USS Constance II (SP-633). She was employed as a patrol craft in northern New England waters for the next five years. Renamed YP-633 in July 1920, she was stricken from the list of district craft in September 1922 but continued in use at the Boston Navy Yard, classified as a launch, for some time thereafter.

This page features the only view we have concerning the motor boat Constance II, which became USS Constance II (SP-633) in 1917 and YP-633 in 1920.

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Photo #: NH 102834 Constance II (American Motor Boat, 1914) In port prior to her World War I era Navy service. This pleasure craft was built by the Holmes Motor Boat Company of West Mystic, Connecticut. Owned by Joseph Gahm of Boston, Massachusetts, she was acquired by the Navy on 6 July 1917 and placed in commission on 30 July 1917 as USS Constance II (SP-633). Later redesignated YP-633, she was reclassified as a small boat on 5 September 1922 and assigned to the Boston Navy Yard for use as a launch. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 450 pixels

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