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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.
USN Photo NH 85133
Naval Historical Center
Aphrodite 75k Photographed prior to World War I.
Courtesy of Charles Sass, 1980.
USN Photo NH 91435
Naval Historical Center
Aphrodite 89k Photographed from another converted yacht, while escorting a convoy during World War I. Note depth charges at the stern of the ship from which the photo was taken.
USN 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.
USN Photo NH 101998
Naval Historical Center

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