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YH-2
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 Ambulance Boat No. 2 (1919 - 1920)

District Harbor Tug:
  • Built by Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA
  • Laid down as Motor Tug #100, date unknown
  • Launched, 14 February 1920
  • Converted to a Yard Ambulance Boat before completion
  • Placed in service at Mare Island as Ambulance Boat No. 2, 1920
  • Designated YH-2, 17 July 1920
  • Assigned to Fifth Naval District, Norfolk Naval Hospital, entire career
  • Damaged by engine room explosion, fatally injuring MM2c Herbert L. Carroll, 08 June 1931
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, date unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 54 tons
    Length 65' 0"
    Beam 16' 2"
    Draft 6' 2"
    Speed 11.5 knots
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Capacity 24 stretcher and 12 ambulatory patients
    Propulsion
    one Union 4 cylinder, 4 cycle gasoline engine, 150shp
    single 12" X 15" propeller
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