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2nd US Navy warship named Maine. See www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/uss... and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Maine_(BB-10)

J.S. Morgan is Junius Spencer Morgan III. He was pictured in the Portland Morning Oregonian on August 24, 1916 in uniform. "Son of J. Pierpont Morgan, Standing In Line on Deck of U.S.S. Maine, NEW YORK, Aug. 21. Young Mr. Morgan is one of the several prominent men aboard the three battleships which sailed from the Brooklyn Navy-Yard on a cruise for citizen tars." oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1916-08-24/ed-1/se... "Junius Spencer Morgan III (March 15, 1892 - October 19, 1960), was an American banker and a director of the Morgan Guaranty Trust Company." He was a son of banker J.P. Morgan and grandson of the more famous J. Pierpont Morgan.

The link is oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1916-08-24/ed-1/se... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junius_Spencer_Morgan_III

Junius' partner in twine is Alfred Greenough (Harvard '08) Both Morgan & Greenough earned commissions and served in Europe during the war. Harvards Military Record in the War is a good resource for these type pics.

That is a good resource, especially since the publicity on this project tended to stress the blue-blooded nature of the civilian rookies. Here is Greenough's entry: "Greenough Alfred AB 08, Ensign US Naval Reserve Force when United States entered the war. called to active duty April 27 1917 and assigned to USS Harvard served as junior watch and division officer sailed for overseas service June 8 vessel on escort duty in English Channel transferred to staff of Admiral Wilson Brest France June 10 1918 served as director of mails for US Naval Forces in France promoted lieutenant junior grade September 16 returned to United States January 5 1919 released from active duty January 15 1919 ."

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"Mosquito Fleet" was the term being used in 1916 for the collection of yachts and other small, fast watercraft volunteered by their owners to the U.S. Navy to protect the coast and harbors in the event of war. This group of photos is of training maneuvers held around Long Island the week of September 3, 1916 to assess the capabilities of such a fleet.
"More Than Forty Speedy Private Craft Will Hunt Submarines and Go Scouting.
The Navy Department's dream of motor boat reserves for service as scouts, submarine hunters, and dispatch carriers will be realized this week, when on Tuesday more that forty of the finest private craft will be mobilized for a week's training with submarines, destroyers, and other vessels of the Atlantic fleet."
query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9503E3D91439E2...

The LOC Bain collection has many shots of the Maine as she began this training cruise in August:

Thanks for this information artolog. We'll add some of it to the record the next time we update.