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Miramar (SP 591)

Motor Yacht:

  • Built in 1910 by the Gas Engine and Power Co., Morris Heights, NY for Charles J. Eisenlohr of Philadelphia, PA
  • Acquired by the Navy in 1917
  • Commissioned 16 May 1917
  • Decommissioned 18 December 1918, struck from the Navy Register and returned to her owner
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 106 t.
  • Length 115'
  • Beam 17'
  • Draft 5'
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Armament: One 1-pounder and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: Two 100hp 6-cylinder gasoline engines, two shafts.
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    Miramar 179k Underway in the Delaware Bay region. SC-188, SC-234, and some requisitioned menhaden fishing boats are in the background
    U.S. Navy photo NH 42545 by A. E. Gaynor    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Miramar 184k Underway in the Delaware Bay region. SC-74 is just visible over Miramar's bow
    U.S. Navy photo NH 46032 by A. E. Gaynor
    Miramar 195k Anchored in the Delaware Bay region
    U.S. Navy photo NH 46033
    There is no DANFS history available for Miramar (SP 591)
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