Keywords: USS Vedette in France.jpg Photo NH 42430 USS Vedette SP-163 In dry dock at L'Orient France circa 1917-1918 Built in 1899 under the name Virginia the steam yacht Vedette was leased by the Navy on 4 May 1917 and placed in commission on the 28th of that month On 4 February 1919 following World War I service in the eastern Atlantic she was returned to her owner Frederick W Vanderbilt of New York City U S Naval Historical Center Photograph http //www history navy mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-v/sp163 htm Photo NH 42430 PD-USGov-Military-Navy original upload log page en wikipedia USS_Vedette_in_France jpg 2008-07-02 20 43 Wikited 466×358× 52963 bytes <nowiki> PD-USGov-Military-Navy Photo NH 42430 USS Vedette SP-163 In dry dock at L'Orient France circa 1917-1918 Built in 1899 under the name Virginia the steam yacht Vedette was leased by the Navy on 4 May 1917 and placed in commission on the 28th </nowiki> Patrol vessels of the United States World War I ships of the United States Lorient in World War I Historical images of Lorient Bretagne in the 1910s |