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YHB-19

House Boat (Self-propelled)
  • Built by Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ (YN 69)
  • Completed for Murray Guggenheim, New York, NY, as the houseboat yacht Leonie (ON 215231), 1916
  • Acquired by the US Navy, 01 January 1943
  • No details of naval service known
  • Placed out of service, date unknown
  • Struck from Naval Register, 19 May 1945
  • To WSA (War Shipping Administration) for disposal, Apri l1945
  • Returned to Guggenheim's widow, Leonie, 1946
  • Final disposition, destroyed by fire at Miami, Fl, 01 September 1961
    Specifications:
    Displacement 164 gross tons, 111 net tons
    Length 100' 0" waterline, 106' 0" overall
    Beam 20' 7"
    Draft 9' 8"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament unknown
    Propulsion gas, 300hp
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    YHB-19 30k Leonie as completed. From a Mathis Yacht advertisement in Motor Boating magazine, February 1918 Dave Wright
    There is no DANFS history for YHB-19 available at NavSource
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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