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Described in Motor Boating magazine for May, 1917 as a 43 x 9 foot Seabury Scout turned over to the NYPD by A.D. Brixby of New York. books.google.com/books?id=ZOt1f29Ct9oC&pg=PA15&lp...

in this picture and the other of the same boat, the gentleman seems to be very intently aiming a machine gun that has no ammo belt hooked up to it.

Another photo of Bluecoat in action, from the May, 1917 issue of The Rudder, with the caption: "Police Harbor Patrol Boat Bluecoat Built by the Gas Engine and Power Company 55 Ft Long 9 Ft Breadth Power 125 HP Speedway Speed 19 Miles " books.google.com/books?id=mS0jAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP12&lp...

A newspaper photo from April 11, 1917, with the caption "'Bluecoat, 'New Police Patrol Boat, Showing RapidFire Gun onDeck" chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1917-04-11/ed-...

Pier A headhouse on River Street, Hoboken NJ - compare this LOC HABS/HAER photo of it in its final days www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hh/item/nj1014.photos.112...

Probably this occasion on November 13, 1919: "NATION HONORS MEN KILLED IN RUSSIA; Funeral Services Held in Hoboken for 103 Soldiers Slain Fighting Bolsheviki. WADSWORTH PRAISES DEAD Coffins Draped In American Flag and Covered by Wreaths of Flowers." query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9F05E3DB1F3BEE... The article describes the bodies being brought from Archangelsk, Russia aboard the army transport Lake Daraga to Pier 4 in Hoboken, NJ, a funeral ceremony on the pier, then a procession to a mortuary where the bodies could be claimed by families.

See also chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1919-11-13/ed-... The New York evening world account., with photos. The article identifies the five men standing under the gate in this photo, military chaplains, by name.