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Suzanne (SP 510)



Call sign:
Nan - Unit - Dog - Vice

Christina call sign (1926):
King - Watch - Quack - Tare
Yacht:

  • Built in 1908 as Christina by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA for Frederick C. Fletcher of Boston, MA
  • Renamed Esperanza in 1913
  • Renamed Jorosa in 1915
  • Renamed Suzanne in 1917
  • Acquired by the Navy 18 May 1917 and commissioned USS Suzanne (SP 510) the same day
  • Struck from the Navy list 28 December 1918 and returned to her owner
  • Renamed Christina in 1921
  • Registered in 1926 to Herman W. Falk of Milwaukee, WI as the yacht Cristina
  • Sold in 1938 to J. P. Bushong of Sault Ste. Marie, MI
  • Bought and sold by F. M. Kirby of Wilkes-Barre, PA
  • Renamed Old Horse Eye in 1954 and Jo Ho So IV in 1955
  • Caught fire and sank 15 June 1968 in the Potomac River off Timbers, MD
  • Raised in July 1968 and towed to St. Inigoes Creek, MD and beached as a breakwater
  • Registered in 1969 to Fred J. Sperapani of Silver Spring, MD as the yacht Jo Ho So IV
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 123 t.
    1969 - 137 t.
  • Length 110'
    1926 - 103.3'
  • Beam 17' 6"
    1926 - 17.3'
  • Draft 3' 4"
    1926 - 9.2'
  • Speed 13 kts.
  • Complement 18
    1926 - Seven
  • Armament: One 3-pounder, one 1-pounder and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: Two 125ihp 4-stroke 6-cylinder Standard gasoline engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Suzanne 172k 28 December 1918
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 42433    		 Mike Green
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Samuel Wetherill, USNRF18 May 1917
    02ENS Frederick F. Shoemaker, USNRF1918 - 28 December 1918
    Courtesy Joe Radigan and Wolfgang Hechler
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