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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 Onward (SP 311), 22 September 1917 at Norfolk, VA; Transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey 18 April 1919; 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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Onward 67k Photographed during World War I.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102079
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