USS Mayflower, Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY
- Object Type
- Postcard
- Object ID
- 14573
- Date
- circa 1910
- creator
- H. Hagemeister Company
- Description
- No. 301. Originally acquired as a patrol boat to serve during the Spanish-American War, the USS Mayflower served at the Presidential yacht between 1905 and 1929. It later served during World War II as a Coast Guard vessel. In 1948, as a private vessel, it transported Jewish refuges to Israel, mostly passengers of the ill-fated Exodus. Subsequently acquired by the Israeli Navy, it was finally scrapped in 1955.
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