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Photo #  NH 102355:  Motor boat Viking in port, prior to her World War I Naval service


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Viking (American Motor Boat, 1915).
Formerly named Caesar.
Served in the Navy in 1918-1919 as Viking (ID # 3314)

Viking, a 42-foot motor workboat, was built by the Navy in 1915 but apparently sold soon afterwards. Named Caesar and Viking while under civilian ownership, she was employed at Norfolk, Virginia. The Navy reacquired the boat in September 1918, placing her in service as Viking (ID # 3314). Following relatively brief use in the vicinity of Norfolk, she was stricken from the Navy list in February 1919. Authorized for disposal "as junk", she was sold almost immediately after striking.

This page features our only views of the motor boat Viking, which served in the Navy as Viking (ID # 3314) in 1918-1919.


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Photo #: NH 102355

Viking
(American Motor Boat, 1915)

In port, probably at Norfolk, Virginia, prior to her World War I Naval service.
Formerly named Caesar, this work boat was acquired by the Navy on 24 September 1918 and placed in service as Viking (ID # 3314). Stricken on 19 February 1919 and authorized for disposal "as junk", she was sold on 20 February 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 71KB; 740 x 430 pixels

 



Note: The Ships' Histories Branch of the Naval Historical Center holds another photograph of the motor workboat Viking, taken from off her port side while she was in port.
This photograph is mounted on the "SP" data card for Viking (ID # 3314).


If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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