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Mary Pope (SP 291)

Motorboat:

  • Built in 1915 as Manitee by the and Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY
  • Renamed Madge
  • Acquired by the Navy 7 July 1917
  • Commissioned USS Mary Pope (SP 291), 9 August 1917
  • Struck from the Navy Register 31 March 1919
  • Destroyed in a hurricane 10 September 1919 while awaiting sale.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 13 t.
  • Length 52'
  • Beam 8' 5"
  • Draft 2' 7"
  • Speed 14.7 kts.
  • Complement: Four
  • Armament: One machine gun
  • Propulsion: One 80hp 6-cylinder Speedway gasoline engine, one shaft.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Motorboat Manitee
    Mary Pope 130k Mary Pope with interior general arrangement plan, printed in contemporary yachting magazine. The photo was probably taken when the boat was new, and had the name Manitee
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 99591    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Mary Pope (SP 291)
    Mary Pope 120k Photographed circa 1917-19
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 102015    		 Robert Hurst
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Mary Pope (SP-291), a wooden-hulled motorboat built in 1915 as Manitee and later renamed Madge by Gass Engineering and Power Co. and C. L. Seabury, Morris Heights, N.Y., was purchased by the Navy from R. W. Bingham 9 August 1917.

    After serving on section patrol through the remainder of World War I, Mary Pope was struck from the Navy list 31 March 1919. However, while still in custody of the Navy, she was wrecked
    10 September 1919.
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