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Photo #  NH 99428:  Steam yacht Sapphire in port, prior to her World War I era Navy service


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Sapphire (Steam Yacht, 1900).
Served as USS Sapphire (SP-710) in 1917-1918

Sapphire, a small (98-foot) steam yacht, was built in 1900 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island. She was taken over by the Navy in the summer of 1917 and placed in commission that September as USS Sapphire (SP-710). In mid-December 1918, following World War I patrol service in the New York City area, she was decommissioned and returned to her owner.

This page features the only view we have concerning the steam yacht Sapphire, which served as USS Sapphire (SP-710) in 1917-1918.


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Photo #: NH 99428

Sapphire
(American Steam Yacht, 1900)

In port, prior to her World War I era Navy service.
This small yacht was ordered delivered to the Navy on 8 June 1917 and was commissioned as USS Sapphire (SP-710) on 14 September 1917. She was returned to her owner on 16 December 1918.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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