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USC&GS Onward
ex-USS Onward (SP 311)


Onward served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast & Geodetic Survey.
Yacht: Built in 1908 as Galatea by the Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury, Morris Heights, NY; Renamed Ungava and Onward; Acquired by the Navy 1 August 1917; Commissioned USS Onward (SP 311), 22 September 1917 at Norfolk, VA; Transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 18 April 1919 as USC&GS Onward; Returned to U.S. Navy custody in 1920; Sold in April 1921; Renamed Thelma Phoebe in April 1923.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 157 t.; Length 140'; Beam 17' 5"; Draft 6' 10"; Speed 13.8 kts.; Complement 43; Armament two 6-pounders and two machine guns.

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Yacht Onward
Onward 137k Photographed prior to World War I.
Naval Historical Center photo NH 103552		 Robert Hurst
USS Onward (SP 311)
Onward 67k Photographed during World War I.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102079		 Naval Historical Center
USC&GS Onward
Onward 102k c. 1919
Hampton, VA
NOAA photo		 NOAA Website
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DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
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