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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- U.S. NAVY SHIPS --
USS Margaret (SP-527), 1917-1921.
Previously the civilian steam yacht Margaret (ex-Eugenia,
ex-Marjorie, 1899)
USS Margaret, a 245 gross ton patrol vessel, was built
at Chester, Pennsylvania, in 1899 by the firm of John Roach & Sons
as a private steam yacht. Named Eugenia, Marjorie,
and Margaret during the years prior to World War I, she
was taken over by the Navy in August 1917 for overseas service
in that conflict. Following conversion, the ship was placed in
commission in mid-October 1917, commanded by Lieutenant Commander
Frank Jack Fletcher,
who would lead U.S. carrier task forces during critical phases
of the next World War.
Early in November Margaret began a voyage to the European
war zone, towing a French submarine chaser and accompanied by
several other converted yachts. This trip,
accompanied by many troubles, ended in the Azores early in December. Margaret's mechanical difficulties were apparently
so serious that she remained in the Azores for several months,
and perhaps for the rest of the war. She returned to the United
States following the November 1918 Armistice and, some two years
after being decommissioned, was sold at the end of September 1921.
This page features, and provides links to, all the views
we have concerning USS Margaret (SP-527) and the civilian
steam yacht Margaret.
For more photographs related to USS Margaret, see:
USS Margaret (SP-527) --
Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November-December 1917;
USS Margaret (SP-527) --
Officers and Crew; and
USS Margaret (SP-527) --
Views seen from the Ship while in the Azores, 1917-1918.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 99659
Margaret (American Steam Yacht, 1899)
At anchor off New York City, prior to World War I. This yacht
was commissioned on 16 October 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-527).
She was sold on 30 September 1921.
Photographed by Edwin Levick, New York.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 52KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 46594
USS Margaret (SP-527)
Leaving Bermuda for the Azores in November 1917.
Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 64KB; 740 x 465 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 46597
USS Margaret (SP-527)
Underway at Bermuda in November 1917.
Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 58KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 46595
USS Margaret (SP-527)
Upon arrival at Ponta Delgada, Azores in December 1917, after
nineteen days' passage from Bermuda.
Note the worn condition of her paint.
Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 68KB; 740 x 445 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 46596
USS Margaret (SP-527)
At Horta, Fayal, Azores, in December 1917.
Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 53KB; 740 x 455 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 46593
USS Margaret (SP-527)
Dressed with flags for George Washington's Birthday, while anchored
off Horta, Fayal, Azores, on 22 February 1918. Mount Pico is
in the distance.
Photographed by Raymond D. Borden.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 65KB; 740 x 450 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 94774-KN (Color)
"Uncle Sam's Ships"
Cover for sheet music composed and written by Chief Yeoman Daisy
May Pratt Erd, USNRF, during World War I. It features the names
of 109 U.S. Navy ships, from battleships to tugs and patrol boats.
Donation of Miss G.H. Erd, 1973.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 136KB; 585 x 765 pixels |
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For more photographs related to USS Margaret, see:
USS Margaret (SP-527) --
Voyage from the U.S. to the Azores, November-December 1917;
USS Margaret (SP-527) --
Officers and Crew; and
USS Margaret (SP-527) --
Views seen from the Ship while in the Azores, 1917-1918.
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