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NH 102357 Virginia

Photo #: NH 102357  Virginia
Title: Virginia
Description: (American Motor Boat, 1910) Underway, prior to World War I. This pleasure craft, formerly named Paula, was purchased by the Navy on 5 May 1917 and commissioned as USS Virginia (SP-274). Renamed SP-274 in early 1918, she was stricken on 12 August 1919. She was reported sunk at Detroit Dock on 18 March 1920 and was sold in sunken condition on 1 April 1920. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102357
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