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Photo # NH 42431:  USS Owera in a U.S. East Coast port, circa 1918

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USS Owera (SP-167), 1917-1919.
Originally the steam yacht Owera

Owera, a 426 gross ton steam yacht, was built at Leith, Scotland, in 1907. Taken over by the U.S. Navy during World War I, she was commissioned as USS Owera (SP-167) in June 1917. For more than a year, she operated in the Long Island Sound area on patrol, target towing and other submarine support duties. Owera went to the Delaware Bay region in October 1918 and spent her final weeks of active service there. She was decommissioned and returned to her owner in January 1919.

This page features all the views we have of USS Owera (SP-167) and of the civilian steam yacht Owera.


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Photo #: NH 102083

Owera
(American Steam Yacht, 1907)

Photographed prior to World War I.
This yacht was commissioned on 15 June 1917 as USS Owera (SP-167), and formally leased a few days later. She was returned to her owner on 8 January 1919.

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

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 66KB; 740 x 520 pixels

 
Photo #: NH 42431

USS Owera (SP-167)


In a U.S. East Coast port, circa 1918, with USS Prairie on the other side of the pier.
The yacht Owera was built in 1907 and taken over by the Navy on 18 June 1917. She was decommissioned on 6 January 1919 and returned to her owner two days later.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

Online Image: 128KB; 740 x 600 pixels

 


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