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Mystery, a 71-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1917 at Stamford, Connecticut. Her design was similar to one prepared in 1916 by her builder, Luders Marine Construction Company, for a Navy Patrol Boat, and it is likely that her owner intended from the first to make her available to the Navy in the event the United States entered World War I. The Navy leased the craft in June 1917 and placed her in commission a month later as USS Mystery (SP-428). She operated out of Block Island during the rest of the First World War, patrolling the waters off Rhode Island and Connecticut. No longer needed after the fighting ended, Mystery was returned to her owner in January 1919.
This page features our only view of the motor boat Mystery, which served as USS Mystery (SP-428) in 1917-1919.
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Photo #: NH 101355 Mystery (U.S. Motor Boat, 1917) Photographed prior to her World War I Navy service. One of several private craft designed for prospective wartime employment as submarine chasers, she was acquired by the Navy on 24 July 1917 and commissioned one day later as USS Mystery (SP-428). She was returned to her owner on 11 January 1919. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 73KB; 740 x 515 pixels |
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