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US Army Personnel Boat Q-9

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - World War I Victory Medal
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

Q-1 Class Personnel Boat:

Built by Luders Marine Construction, Stamford, CT (YN 159)

Completed for Army as personnel boat Q-9, 1918

Stationed at Fort Washington, DC, 1919 -1923

Used as Qurtermaster General's yacht, Army War College, Washington, DC, 1923 - 1929

Shipped from Norfolk to San Francisco on SS Marion Otis Chandler, 1929

Stationed in San Francisco Bay, 1929 - circa 1945

Sold and registered to Golden Gate Excursion Co., San Francisco, CA, as Farallone (ON 253802), 1947

Registered to Central Bank, San Francisco, CA, 1951

Listed as dismantled in MVUS (Merchant Vessels of the United States), 1952

Used as shipyard launch by Donlon J. Arques, Sausalito, CA

Laid up, circa 1963

Later used as houseboat at Sausalito

Purchased by Capt. Cogswell, Sausalito, CA, 1975

Under restoration, 1975 -1988

Shipped to Texas, 1993

Registered to Jon P. Heon, Newport, RI, 2019

Final disposition, still extant 2021

Specifications:
Displacement unknown
Length 61' 0"
Beam 12' 8"
Draft 7' 0"
Speed unknown

Complement unknown

Propulsion

one Frisco Standard gas engine

single propeller, 60 hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
3029Q00901	744k	*Farallone* moored in Newport Harbor, RI, circa 2007.		Dave Wright

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Last updated 05 November 2021