photos (2) Yacht 'The Lone Star', Edwin Levick Photos the Yacht 'The Lone Star', Owned by George Galt Bourne, Commodore Bourne's Son & signed by the photographer, Edwin Levick, N.Y. (see bio below) Once owned by yacht owner George Galt Bourne, son of Commander Frederick Gilbert Bourne, founder & President of Singer Manufacturing Company and an avid yachtsman. The 469 ton, steel-hulled vessel was built by Germaniawerft in Kiel, Germany. Several names including the Nancy Baker and the Mona. Bourne sold the yacht to financier Frederick H. Prince in 1933, and by the time Prince sold it to the U.S. Navy in 1941, the yacht was known as the Lone Star. The end for the yacht came on a foggy 1943 night when the USS Moonstone collided with the destroyer, the USS Greer. Edwin Levick (1868-1929) came to America in 1899 from London to work as a translator of Arabic for the Guaranty Trust Company in New York City. He soon turned his attention to photography and was supplying his photographic services to the Chicago Tribune, the New York Times, and the New York Herald Tribune as well as Rudder and Motorboat Magazine. He began to write for newspapers and photograph for magazines of the day; he eventually decided to specialize in maritime photography. Within a few years, Levick's successful business had expanded having to employ seven assistants, including Morris Rosenfeld, who would later gain a reputation as a premier maritime photographer in his own right. Size of Bow Photo: 11" W X 14.5" H Size of Broadwide Photo: 14.75" W X 11" H Wgt Both Photos: 8.0 oz Condition: some discoloration on top edges of both