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NH 102517 Welcome

Photo #: NH 102517 Welcome
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Title: Welcome
Description: (American Motor Boat, 1914) In port. Presence of a Sailor indicates that the photo may have been taken after she was in Navy service. This fast (18 miles per hour) open cockpit type pleasure boat was acquired by the Navy on 7 August 1917 and placed in commission as USS Welcome (SP-1175) on 17 August. Following World War I duty on the Great Lakes she was returned to her owner, R.H. Wilcox of Detroit, Michigan, on 7 March 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102517
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