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

Dorothea II (American Motor Boat, 1916).
Served as USS SP-912 in 1917-1919

Dorothea II, a 75.6-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1916 by the Smith & Williams Company of Salisbury, Maryland. She was acquired by the Navy in May 1917 and commissioned December of that year as USS SP-912. Following service during World War I she was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in early March 1919 and a month later was reported to have been returned to her owner.

This page features the only view we have concerning the motor boat Dorothea II of 1916, which was USS SP-912 in 1917-1919.

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Photo #: NH 94475 Dorothea II (American Motor Boat, 1916) Photographed prior to her World War I era Naval service. This pleasure craft was ordered delivered to the Navy on 27 October 1917 and placed in commission on 7 December of that year as USS SP-912. On 4 April 1919 she was reported to have been returned to her owner. Copied from Dorothea II's official data card. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 85KB; 740 x 435 pixels

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