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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612), 1917-1918.
Originally Dohema Jr. (American Motor Pleasure Boat, 1912)
USS Dohema Jr., a 57 foot section patrol craft, was
built in 1912 by her owner, Edwin Binney of Sound Beach, Connecticut,
to a design by the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, firm of Bowes & Mower.
She was leased to the Navy for World War I service in early June
1917, placed in commission at that time, and spent the rest of
the conflict in the Delaware River and Delaware Bay area performing
patrol and transportation duties. In late November 1918, about
two weeks after the Armistice, Dohema Jr. was decommissioned
and returned to her owner.
This page features the only views we have concerning USS
Dohema Jr. (SP-612) and the civilian motor boat Dohema
Jr. of 1912.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101584
Dohema Jr. (American Motor Boat, 1912)
Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service.
This pleasure craft was acquired by the Navy and placed in commission
on 2 June 1917 as USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612). She was returned
to her owner on 27 November 1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 445 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 101585
Dohema Jr. (American Motor Boat, 1912)
Underway, prior to her World War I Naval service.
Placed in commission on 2 June 1917 as USS Dohema Jr.
(SP-612), this craft was returned to her owner on 27 November
1918.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 39KB; 740 x 445 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 94467
Dohema Jr. (American Motor Boat, 1912)
Photographed prior to her World War I era Navy service.
This pleasure craft became USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612) on
2 June 1917. She was returned to her owner on 27 November 1918.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 103KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 54528
USS Dohema Jr. (SP-612)
Off Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, circa 1917-1918.
The Swedish freighter Hermes is in the right center background,
with World War I neutrality markings painted on her side.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 62KB; 740 x 435 pixels |
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