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Secret (SP 1063)

Motorboat:

  • Built in 1916 by William E. Haff, New Rochelle, NY
  • Commissioned 28 May 1917
  • Delivered to the Navy 12 June 1917
  • Decommissioned and returned to her owner 30 December 1918
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Length 37'
  • Beam 7' 6"
  • Draft 1' 6"
  • Speed 22 kts.
  • Complement: Four
  • Propulsion: One 90hp 4-cylinder Sterling gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    Secret 113k Photographed in port, during World War I, with several barges in the background
    U.S. Navy photo NH 102201    		 Naval Historical Center
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