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NH 102635 Two U.S. Navy submarines and a bark under sail

Photo #: NH 102635 Two U.S. Navy submarines and a bark under sail
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Title: Two U.S. Navy submarines and a bark under sail
Description: Underway at sea in 1918. The original photograph identifies the submarines as USS O-3 (Submarine # 64) and USS O-4 (Submarine # 65) and the sailing vessel as USS Robert H. McCurdy (ID # 3157). These three vessels operated together in Submarine Division Eight in the fall of 1918, with Robert H. McCurdy serving as a decoy to lure German U-Boats within torpedo range of the U.S. subs. However, Robert H. McCurdy was a four-masted schooner, not a bark as seen here. Since none of the other U.S. Navy decoy ships had a bark rig, the sailing vessel in this view is probably a merchantman. Collection of Christopher H.W. Lloyd. Donated by Virginia Agostini, 1990. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph.
Catalog #: NH 102635
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