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Aphrodite (SP 135)

Yacht: Built in 1898 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME; Acquired by the Navy, 3 May 1917; Commissioned, 29 May 1917; Decommissioned, 12 July 1919 at New York and returned to her owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 1,500 t.; Length 302'; Beam 35' 6"; Draft 16' 6"; Speed 15 kts.; Complement 132; Armament four 3".

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Aphrodite 77k Photographed prior to World War I.
U.S. Navy photo NH 85133		 Naval Historical Center
Aphrodite 75k Photographed prior to World War I.
Courtesy of Charles Sass, 1980.
U.S. Navy photo NH 91435		 Naval Historical Center
Aphrodite 89k Photographed from another converted yacht, while escorting a convoy during World War I.
U.S. Navy photo NH 57627		 Naval Historical Center
Aphrodite 59k Halftone reproduction of a photograph showing her at sea during World War I.
Courtesy of Alfred Cellier, 1977.
U.S. Navy photo NH 101998		 Naval Historical Center
Aphrodite 78k Anchored off Harwich, England, while serving as station ship there, circa late 1918 or early 1919.
Taken by Coates, Harwich.
Donation of Dr. Mark Kulikowski, 2007.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 104493		 Robert Hurst
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