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Cometa

Motorboat:

  • Acquired by the Navy 20 August 1918
  • Struck from the Navy Register 4 December 1918 and returned to her owner, Saul Streiffer of Gulfport, Mississippi
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 9 t.
  • Length 25'
  • Beam 7' 3"
  • Draft 1' 9"
  • Speed 6.5 kts.
  • Propulsion: One Ferro Machine and Foundry Co. gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    Cometa 88k Hauled out of the water, circa 1918 or before
    U.S. Navy photo NH 102828    		 Naval Historical Center
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