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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Old Colony (American Coastal Passenger Ship, 1907).
Served as USS Old Colony (SP-1254) in 1917-1918 and as
the British Navy ship Old Colony
Old Colony, a 4779 gross ton coastal passenger steamship,
was built in 1907 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She was acquired
by the U.S. Navy in November 1917 and commissioned as USS Old
Colony (SP-1254) for passage across the Atlantic. Upon her
arrival in Great Britain she was turned over to the Royal Navy,
which commissioned her as HMS Old Colony in June 1918.
She was sold out of British service in March 1920.
This page features our only views of the passenger steamer
Old Colony, of USS Old Colony (SP-1254) and of HMS
Old Colony.
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a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 102069
Old Colony (American Coastal Passenger Steamer, 1907)
Photographed in port, circa 1917.
This ship was acquired by the Navy on 12 November 1917 with the
intention of transferring her to the British Navy. As USS Old
Colony (SP-1254), she sailed from Boston, Massachusetts,
on 16 November and was turned over to the Royal Navy upon arrival
in the United Kingdom. She was commissioned as HMS Old Colony
in June 1918 and sold in March 1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102068
Old Colony (American Coastal Passenger Steamer, 1907)
Probably photographed about 1917.
This steamship was acquired by the Navy on 12 November 1917 as
USS Old Colony (SP-1254), with the intention of transferring
her to the British Navy. She sailed from Boston, Massachusetts,
on 16 November and was turned over to the Royal Navy upon arrival
in the United Kingdom. Commissioned as HMS Old Colony
in June 1918, she was sold in March 1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 72KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102070
Old Colony (American Coastal Passenger Steamer, 1907)
Tied up in port, circa 1917.
Acquired by the Navy on 12 November 1917 for transfer to the
British Navy, she sailed from Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 November
as USS Old Colony (SP-1254). She was turned over to the
Royal Navy upon arrival in the United Kingdom and was commissioned
as HMS Old Colony in June 1918. She was sold in March
1920.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 440 pixels |
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