USS Harvard (SP-209)

USS Harvard (SP-209)

USS Harvard (SP-209) was a yacht leased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as a patrol craft and assigned to patrol duty in the North Atlantic Ocean, protecting civilian ships from German submarines. In addition, she saved the lives of a number of survivors from ships that had been torpedoed. Post-war she was decommissioned, and was returned to her owner in her original civilian shipboard configuration.

Read more about USS Harvard (SP-209):  Constructed in Bath, Maine, Post-war Return To Owner, See Also

Famous quotes containing the word harvard:

    “The slime pool that the dog drowned in . . .
    A drunk vomiting up a teaspoon of bile . . .
    Washing the polio off the grapes when I was ten . . .
    A Harvard book bag in Rome . . .”
    —Anne Sexton (1928–1974)