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Green Dragon (SP 742)

Motorboat:

  • Built in 1901 as Augusta by J. Smith, Port Washington, Long Island, NY
  • Acquired by the Navy 19 June 1917
  • Sold 25 February 1922 to George E. Clement and Son of Philadelphia, PA as the passenger vessel Green Dragon
  • Registered in 1927 to Bergie L. Kauffman of Collingswood, NJ as the passenger vessel Green Dragon
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 17 t.
    1927 - 14 t.
  • Length 60'
    1927 - 49'
  • Beam 10' 3"
  • Draft 4' 1"
  • Complement: Two (1926) - Three (1927)
  • Speed 10.5 kts.
  • Armament one 1-pounder and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: One 90hp 4-cylinder Standard gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    Green Dragon 177k Shown before Naval service in World War I
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101734    		 Naval History and Heritage Command
    Commanding Officers
    01ENS John Raglis, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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