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Item Title Type Subject Creator Publisher Date Place Address Description
15946Yankee (I) - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Yankee (I) - Schooner
Item:
  • 15946   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
3701Yampa - Schooner Yacht
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
The 132 foot steel yacht Yampa was built in 1887 for Chester W. Chapin.
Yampa - Schooner Yacht
Item:
  • 3701   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Description:
The 132 foot steel yacht Yampa was built in 1887 for Chester W. Chapin.
7804WWI S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket
  • Object, Ticket, Transportation Ticket
  • Vessels, Ship
  • 1919-04
The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928.
WWI S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket
Item:
  • 7804   
Type:
  • Object, Ticket, Transportation Ticket
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Date:
  • 1919-04
State:
  • ME
Description:
The troop billet ticket of Private Andrew Harmon Herrick. "Whenever you feel like growling, go out on deck, take ten deep breaths and smile for five minutes. The war is all over!" - U.S.S. America Troop Billet Ticket S.S. America, an Italian liner, was built for Navigazione Generale Italiana in 1908 by Cantieri Nav. Riuniti, Muggiano, Italy. Tonnage: 8,996. Dimensions: 476' x 55'. Twin screw, 16 1/2 knots. Triple expansion engines. Two masts and two funnels. She was originally owned and operated by La Veloce Line, making her maiden voyage Genoa to New York, May 20, 1909. She transported American troops during World War I, was in South American service, from 1924 and was scrapped in 1928. [show more]
7392Wreck of the Grace Choate at Mount Desert Ferry
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1907-10-08 after
  • Hancock Point ME
Wreck of the Grace Choate at Mount Desert Ferry
Item:
  • 7392   
Accession #:
  • 1023
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1907-10-08 after
Place:
  • Hancock Point ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Eleanor R. Mayo Collection
11892Wreck of Schooner Wm. Stevens and West Shore of Southwest Harbor with Water Tower Windmill on Freeman Ridge
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1900 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
Shows: James Robinson House Emily Farnsworth Store and Post Office Dickey and Farnham cottages Windmill on Freeman Ridge
Wreck of Schooner Wm. Stevens and West Shore of Southwest Harbor with Water Tower Windmill on Freeman Ridge
Item:
  • 11892   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1900 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
Description:
Shows: James Robinson House Emily Farnsworth Store and Post Office Dickey and Farnham cottages Windmill on Freeman Ridge
8556Woman on Board SS. Kaiser Wilhelm II - Photo 12
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896-07-03
In the Mediterranean Sea
Woman on Board SS. Kaiser Wilhelm II - Photo 12
Item:
  • 8556   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1896-07-03
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
In the Mediterranean Sea
8555Woman on Board SS. Kaiser Wilhelm II - Photo 11
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1896-07-03
In the Mediterranean Sea
Woman on Board SS. Kaiser Wilhelm II - Photo 11
Item:
  • 8555   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • People
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1896-07-03
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
Description:
In the Mediterranean Sea
14441Wm. Stevens - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Wm. Stevens - Schooner
Item:
  • 14441   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
3616William Keene - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
William Keene - Schooner
Item:
  • 3616   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
11581Wharves and Buildings at Clark Point - Schooner Theoline Unloading Coal at J.N. Mills
  • Image, Photograph
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • 1925 c.
  • Southwest Harbor
The land in this photograph started out as part of the Clark family’s land, hence “Clark Point.” The upright building on the left of the photograph is the old Clark and Parker Store, the J.N. Mills Cash Store at the time this photograph was taken. Later it was the Manset Marine Supply store and, in 2012 the Oceanarium. This building is: 172 Clark Point Road – Tax Map 4 – Lot 30 – MHPC #405-0787. The wharf occupied by the long dormered building was originally Simeon “Sim” Holden Mayo’s boat shop. It was sold to Andrew Edward Parker in 1912. He ran a boat shop there until 1925 when it was sold to Chester Eben Clement for his boat shop. Researchers date this photograph at circa 1925 so it was probably still the property of Andrew Edward Parker. This building is: 168 Clark Point Road – Tax Map 4 – Lot 29.
Wharves and Buildings at Clark Point - Schooner Theoline Unloading Coal at J.N. Mills
Item:
  • 11581   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Places, Shore
  • Structures, Transportation, Marine Landing, Wharf
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Date:
  • 1925 c.
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Collection of the Mills Family
Description:
The land in this photograph started out as part of the Clark family’s land, hence “Clark Point.” The upright building on the left of the photograph is the old Clark and Parker Store, the J.N. Mills Cash Store at the time this photograph was taken. Later it was the Manset Marine Supply store and, in 2012 the Oceanarium. This building is: 172 Clark Point Road – Tax Map 4 – Lot 30 – MHPC #405-0787. The wharf occupied by the long dormered building was originally Simeon “Sim” Holden Mayo’s boat shop. It was sold to Andrew Edward Parker in 1912. He ran a boat shop there until 1925 when it was sold to Chester Eben Clement for his boat shop. Researchers date this photograph at circa 1925 so it was probably still the property of Andrew Edward Parker. This building is: 168 Clark Point Road – Tax Map 4 – Lot 29. [show more]
16064War “Ships” in Harbor, Bar Harbor, ME
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Vessels, Ship
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
  • Bar Harbor
War “Ships” in Harbor, Bar Harbor, ME
Item:
  • 16064   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Publisher:
  • The Hugh C. Leighton Company, Portland, Maine
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
6812View of Schooner Theoline off the Back Shore, Looking to Northeast Harbor
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
  • 1933-06
  • Southwest Harbor
View of Schooner Theoline off the Back Shore, Looking to Northeast Harbor
Item:
  • 6812   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Ballard - Willis Humphreys Ballard (1906-1980)
Date:
  • 1933-06
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • W.H. Ballard Collection
12460View near Somes Sound, Southwest Harbor, So. West Harbor, Me.
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
  • 1909-07-02
  • Mount Desert
  • Somes Sound
Contrast the postcard view, titled "Entrance Somes Sound, North East Harbor, Me." in SWHPL 7010 with that of SWHPL 12460, which bears the title, "View near Somes Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." Both cards show the Nathaniel Gott House on Greenings Island. The image in SWHPL 12460 would be to the left or south of that in SWHPL 7010 if viewed from the water near Sutton Island. The title is misprinted on this card. It reads, "View near Somers Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." "Gladys" mailed the card to Miss Nena Reed in Seal Harbor from Center, Tremont, Maine on July 2, 1909.
View near Somes Sound, Southwest Harbor, So. West Harbor, Me.
Item:
  • 12460   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard
Subject:
  • Places, Sound
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Publisher:
  • The Robbins Bros. Co., Boston, Mass. and Germany
Date:
  • 1909-07-02
Place:
  • Mount Desert
State:
  • ME
Address:
  • Somes Sound
Description:
Contrast the postcard view, titled "Entrance Somes Sound, North East Harbor, Me." in SWHPL 7010 with that of SWHPL 12460, which bears the title, "View near Somes Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." Both cards show the Nathaniel Gott House on Greenings Island. The image in SWHPL 12460 would be to the left or south of that in SWHPL 7010 if viewed from the water near Sutton Island. The title is misprinted on this card. It reads, "View near Somers Sound, So. West Harbor, Me." "Gladys" mailed the card to Miss Nena Reed in Seal Harbor from Center, Tremont, Maine on July 2, 1909. [show more]
8387View from the Wharf at Rockland
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1894-08-25
  • Rockland ME
View from the Wharf at Rockland
Item:
  • 8387   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1894-08-25
Place:
  • Rockland ME
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
6875Victory Chimes ex Edwin and Maud
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Hastings
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
  • 1975
Victory Chimes ex Edwin and Maud
Item:
  • 6875   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Picture Postcard, Real Photo
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Hastings
Publisher:
  • Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Company
Date:
  • 1975
State:
  • ME
11131Vessel in Harbor Off Mount Desert Island
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Southwest Harbor
Vessel in Harbor Off Mount Desert Island
Item:
  • 11131   
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Place:
  • Southwest Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • The Ward Family Collection
5458Vessel Enterprise at Gloucester
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1895
  • Gloucester MA
Vessel Enterprise at Gloucester
Item:
  • 5458   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Places, Harbor
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1895
Place:
  • Gloucester MA
State:
  • MA
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
14943Vanguard - Schooner
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
The schooner "Vanguard" was built at Bristol, Maine in 1867. "The fishing schooner Vanguard (of Orland), Capt. Lawrence went ashore at this place Tuesday at high water. She lost both anchors and rudder, broke her boom and wheel. Capt. Lawrence has notified the insurance company as there is $1200 risk on her." Tremont, January 8, 1896 - The Bar Harbor Record. The schooner "Vanguard" was sold by Capt. Warren A. Spurling of Cranberry Island to Capt. Merrill King of Manset in the fall of 1903. - Ralph W. Stanley.
Vanguard - Schooner
Item:
  • 14943   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Description:
The schooner "Vanguard" was built at Bristol, Maine in 1867. "The fishing schooner Vanguard (of Orland), Capt. Lawrence went ashore at this place Tuesday at high water. She lost both anchors and rudder, broke her boom and wheel. Capt. Lawrence has notified the insurance company as there is $1200 risk on her." Tremont, January 8, 1896 - The Bar Harbor Record. The schooner "Vanguard" was sold by Capt. Warren A. Spurling of Cranberry Island to Capt. Merrill King of Manset in the fall of 1903. - Ralph W. Stanley. [show more]
6164Vanguard - Schooner
  • Image, Photograph
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
  • 1895
Vanguard - Schooner
Item:
  • 6164   
Accession #:
  • 1010
Type:
  • Image, Photograph
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship, Sailing Ship, Schooner
Creator:
  • Neal - George Arthur Neal (1872-1939)
Date:
  • 1895
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • George A. Neal Collection
8263USS Vesuvius off Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-08-19
  • Bar Harbor
USS Vesuvius off Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 8263   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1892-08-19
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
14012USS Vesuvius
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship
USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser. Vesuvius was laid down in September 1887 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by William Cramp and Sons Ships and Engine Building Company, subcontracted from the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company of New York, New York. Vesuvius was 929 tons. She was launched on 28 April 1888 sponsored by Miss Eleanor Breckinridge and commissioned on 2 June 1890 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder in command. Vesuvius carried three 15-inch pneumatic guns, mounted forward side-by-side. In order to train these weapons, the ship had to be aimed, like a gun, at its target. Compressed air projected the shells from the "dynamite guns." The explosive used in the shells themselves was actually a "desensitized blasting gelatin" composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was less sensitive to shock than regular dynamite but still sensitive enough that compressed air, rather than powder, had to be utilized as the propellant. Vesuvius sailed for New York shortly after commissioning and then joined the Fleet at Gardiner's Bay, New York, on 1 October 1890. She operated off the east coast with the North Atlantic Squadron into 1895. She served in the Spanish American War. Originally a dynamite gun cruiser she became an experimental torpedo boat. She was decommissioned and ordered appraised for sale on 21 April 1922 to J. Lipsitz and Company of Chelsea, Massachusetts.
USS Vesuvius
Item:
  • 14012   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Description:
USS Vesuvius, the third ship of the United States Navy named for the Italian volcano, was a unique vessel in the Navy inventory which marked a departure from more conventional forms of main battery armament. She is considered a dynamite gun cruiser. Vesuvius was laid down in September 1887 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, by William Cramp and Sons Ships and Engine Building Company, subcontracted from the Pneumatic Dynamite Gun Company of New York, New York. Vesuvius was 929 tons. She was launched on 28 April 1888 sponsored by Miss Eleanor Breckinridge and commissioned on 2 June 1890 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard with Lieutenant Seaton Schroeder in command. Vesuvius carried three 15-inch pneumatic guns, mounted forward side-by-side. In order to train these weapons, the ship had to be aimed, like a gun, at its target. Compressed air projected the shells from the "dynamite guns." The explosive used in the shells themselves was actually a "desensitized blasting gelatin" composed of nitrocellulose and nitroglycerine. It was less sensitive to shock than regular dynamite but still sensitive enough that compressed air, rather than powder, had to be utilized as the propellant. Vesuvius sailed for New York shortly after commissioning and then joined the Fleet at Gardiner's Bay, New York, on 1 October 1890. She operated off the east coast with the North Atlantic Squadron into 1895. She served in the Spanish American War. Originally a dynamite gun cruiser she became an experimental torpedo boat. She was decommissioned and ordered appraised for sale on 21 April 1922 to J. Lipsitz and Company of Chelsea, Massachusetts. [show more]
8262USS Philadelphia off Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-08-19
USS Philadelphia off Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 8262   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1892-08-19
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
14013USS Philadelphia
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship
The USS Philadelphia (Philadelphia IV), a cruiser, was laid down 22 March 1888 by Wm. Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 7 September 1889; sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker; and commissioned 28 July 1890, Capt. B. F. Bradford in command. While fitting out at the New York Navy Yard, Philadelphia was designated on 18 August as flagship of Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, commanding the North Atlantic Squadron. Philadelphia - C 4: dp. 4,324: 1. 335'; b. 48'6", dr. 19'2"; s. 19 k., cpl. 384; a. 12 6", 4 6-pdrs., 4 3-pdrs., 2 1-pdrs., 3 37mm. Cruiser Philadelphia arrived San Francisco 22 August 1893. As the flaghip of the Commander-in-ehief, Pacific Station, she cruised with the squadron, engaging in drills and maneuvers, and visiting various ports on the west coast of the United States. She was struck from the Navy List 24 November 1926. Cruiser Philadelphia was sold at public auction at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1927 to Louis Rotherberg
USS Philadelphia
Item:
  • 14013   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Description:
The USS Philadelphia (Philadelphia IV), a cruiser, was laid down 22 March 1888 by Wm. Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; launched 7 September 1889; sponsored by Miss Minnie Wanamaker, daughter of merchant and philanthropist John Wanamaker; and commissioned 28 July 1890, Capt. B. F. Bradford in command. While fitting out at the New York Navy Yard, Philadelphia was designated on 18 August as flagship of Rear Admiral Bancroft Gherardi, commanding the North Atlantic Squadron. Philadelphia - C 4: dp. 4,324: 1. 335'; b. 48'6", dr. 19'2"; s. 19 k., cpl. 384; a. 12 6", 4 6-pdrs., 4 3-pdrs., 2 1-pdrs., 3 37mm. Cruiser Philadelphia arrived San Francisco 22 August 1893. As the flaghip of the Commander-in-ehief, Pacific Station, she cruised with the squadron, engaging in drills and maneuvers, and visiting various ports on the west coast of the United States. She was struck from the Navy List 24 November 1926. Cruiser Philadelphia was sold at public auction at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in 1927 to Louis Rotherberg [show more]
5406USS Dolphin off Bar Harbor
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
  • Vessels, Ship
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
  • 1892-08-19
  • Bar Harbor
USS Dolphin off Bar Harbor
Item:
  • 5406   
Accession #:
  • 1015
Type:
  • Image, Photograph, Photographic Print, Albumen Print
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Creator:
  • Rand - Henry Lathrop Rand (1862-1945)
Date:
  • 1892-08-19
Place:
  • Bar Harbor
State:
  • ME
Source:
  • Henry L. Rand Collection
14014USS Dolphin
  • Reference
  • Vessels, Ship
USS Dolphin, a 1486-ton steel unarmed dispatch vessel, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, as one of the first ships of the "New Navy". Dolphin - Length 240 feet. Breadth 32 feet. Mean draft 141/4 feet. Displacement 1,486 tons. Speed 15.50 knots per hour. Personnel 7 officers. 110 men. Cost $315,000. Commissioned in December 1885, she steamed around the World during her first three years' service, and then served off the U.S. east coast and in the West Indies area for the next three decades. For much of this time, Dolphin was employed in support of high-ranking Government officials, as well as on more conventional gunboat-type duties. "On July 24, 1892, with Assistant Secretary of the Navy James Soley aboard, the "Dolphin" participated in a practice cruise of New York's First Naval Battalion. At about this time, work began converting the "Dolphin" to a presidential yacht…" - “Special Fleet: The History of the Presidential Yachts” by Fred Eugene Crockett, published by Down East Books, 1985, p. 28-36. See these pages for a description of her conversion and the presidents who sailed in her. Dolphin was decommissioned in October 1921 and sold in February 1922.
USS Dolphin
Item:
  • 14014   
Type:
  • Reference
Subject:
  • Vessels, Ship
Description:
USS Dolphin, a 1486-ton steel unarmed dispatch vessel, was built at Chester, Pennsylvania, as one of the first ships of the "New Navy". Dolphin - Length 240 feet. Breadth 32 feet. Mean draft 141/4 feet. Displacement 1,486 tons. Speed 15.50 knots per hour. Personnel 7 officers. 110 men. Cost $315,000. Commissioned in December 1885, she steamed around the World during her first three years' service, and then served off the U.S. east coast and in the West Indies area for the next three decades. For much of this time, Dolphin was employed in support of high-ranking Government officials, as well as on more conventional gunboat-type duties. "On July 24, 1892, with Assistant Secretary of the Navy James Soley aboard, the "Dolphin" participated in a practice cruise of New York's First Naval Battalion. At about this time, work began converting the "Dolphin" to a presidential yacht…" - “Special Fleet: The History of the Presidential Yachts” by Fred Eugene Crockett, published by Down East Books, 1985, p. 28-36. See these pages for a description of her conversion and the presidents who sailed in her. Dolphin was decommissioned in October 1921 and sold in February 1922. [show more]