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Elco No. 7


Elco No. 7 served the Navies of the United States and Italy
Motorboat:

  • Built in 1917 as Elco No. 7 by the Elco Co., Bayonne, NJ for the Italian Government as an anti-submarine motor launch ("motoscafi antisommergibili", or "MAS",)
  • In April 1917, soon after the United States entered World War I, she was taken over by the U.S. Navy and placed in service as Elco No. 7
  • Delivered to the Italians in December of that year, she entered Italian Navy service 17 June 1918 as either MAS-77 or MAS-78.
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 40.6 t.
  • Length 80'
  • Beam 12.2'
  • Draft 3.9'
  • Speed 15 kts.
  • Complement 15
  • Armament: None in U.S. Navy. In Italian Navy - One 76/40mm mount, one 6.5/115mm machine gun and 10 depth charges
  • Propulsion Two 230hp Standard gasoline engines, two shafts.
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    Elco No. 7 61k Photographed in 1917, probably when first completed.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 104059    		 Naval Historical Center
    There is no DANFS history currently available for Elco No. 7.
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