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Sea Tag (SP 505)

Motorboat:

  • Built in 1917 by the Great Lakes Boatbuilding Corporation, Milwaukee, WI
  • Acquired by the Navy 9 July 1917
  • Commissioned 1 August 1917
  • Decommissioned 18 November 1918
  • Returned to her owner 7 March 1919
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 13 t.
  • Length 51'
  • Beam 10' 3"
  • Draft 2' 5"
  • Speed 19 kts.
  • Complement 10
  • Armament: One 1-pounder
  • Propulsion: One 270hp 8-cylinder Van Blerck gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Sea Tag 133k Photographed in a boat shed, probably at the time of her completion in 1917
    U.S. Navy photo NH 102200    		 Naval Historical Center
    Sea Tag 108k Photo from the May 1917 issue of The Rudder magazine Joe Radigan
    Photo added 26 December 2019
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