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UNITED STATES NAVY
TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
TEMPORARY AUXILIARY SHIPS
WORLD WAR I
Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Bivalve (American Oyster Boat, 1901).
Served as USS Bivalve (ID # 2472) in 1918-1919
Bivalve, a 55-foot motor boat built in 1901, was employed in the Long Island Sound area for harvesting oysters. She was taken over by the Navy in April 1918, placed in service as Bivalve (ID # 2472), and used as a tender to USS Berkshire (ID # 1578). No longer needed as the Navy drew down its forces after World War I, Bivalve was sold in July 1919.
This page features all available viewss of the oyster boat Bivalve, which served in the U.S. Navy as Bivalve (ID # 2472) in 1918-1919.
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Photo #: NH 94206 Bivalve (American Oyster Boat, 1901) Photographed prior to World War I. She was USS Bivalve (# 2472) in 1918-1919, serving as a tender to USS Berkshire (ID # 1578) in the Third Naval District. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 74KB; 740 x 500 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 95889 Bivalve (American Oyster Boat, 1901) In port, prior to World War I. Acquired by the Navy on 19 April 1918 and commissioned on 10 May 1918 as USS Bivalve (# 2472), she served as a tender to USS Berkshire (ID # 1578). Bivalve was stricken on 7 July 1919 and sold on 19 July 1919. The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph. Online Image: 80KB; 740 x 505 pixels |
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