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Idylease (SP 119)


Motorboat: Built in 1916 by Kyle and Purdy, City Island, NY; Acquired by the Navy in June 1917; Commissioned 9 July 1917; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to her owner, Richard Goldsmith, New York, 30 April 1919; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 29 t.; Length 65'; Beam 13' 6"; Draft 2' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 1-pounder.


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Elizabeth 106k Elizabeth (SP 972) in port, possibly during her World War I era U.S. Navy service, forward of Idylease.
U.S. Navy photo NH 100235
Naval Historical Center
Idylease 92k In a Fifth Naval District port, circa 1917-1919. The motor boat Sayona II (SP 1109) is outboard. Note ice on the water.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102216
Naval Historical Center

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