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NH 102135 Politesse

Photo #: NH 102135 Politesse
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Title: Politesse
Description: (Motor Boat, 1911) At the Boston Navy Yard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, circa 1917. The steam launch at right has a life ring bearing the inscription Receiving Ship At Boston. This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy for World War I service and commissioned on 15 April 1917 as USS Politesse (SP-662). She was returned to her owner on 29 May 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102135
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