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805 KIDDER BREESE SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD
WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Viking (American Steam Yacht, 1909)
Viking, a 178-foot steam yacht, was built at Wilmington,
Delaware in 1909. In 1917, probably at about the time the United
States entered World War I in the spring, she was examined for
possible Navy service and assigned the registry number SP-618.
Though orders for her acquisition were issued in June 1917, she
apparently was not taken over and remained in civilian hands.
This page features our only views of the steam yacht Viking.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 89766
Viking (American Steam Yacht, 1909)
Photographed by Edwin Levick, circa 1916.
Though assigned the World War I era Navy registry number SP-618,
this yacht was not taken over for Navy service.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 59KB; 740 x 545 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 102354
Viking (American Steam Yacht, 1909)
Halftone reproduction of a photograph of Viking in harbor,
prior to World War I. This yacht was surveyed for possible Navy
First World War service and assigned the "Section Patrol"
registry number SP-618, but was not taken over.
She has been confused in some sources with another Viking,
a motor boat without a "SP" number, and was erroneously
listed as Naval late in 1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 505 pixels |
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