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Commodore (SP 1425)


Commodore served both the U. S. Navy and the Army
Motorboat:

  • Built in 1917 as Herreshoff No. 318 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI for Herbert M. Sears, et al. of Boston, MA
  • Acquired by the Navy 2 October 1917
  • Commissioned USS Commodore (SP 1425), 15 November 1917
  • Decommissioned in May 1919 at Pensacola Naval Air Station, FL
  • Transferred to the Army in October 1919
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 12 t.
  • Length 62'
  • Beam 10' 11"
  • Draft 2' 9"
  • Speed 21 kts.
  • Complement 10
  • Armament: One machine gun
  • Propulsion: Two 200hp 8-cylinder Sterling gasoline engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Commodore 53k c. December 1918
    Portion of Deck Log    		 Chris Wilson
    Commodore 86k Off Pensacola, Florida, 19 March 1919.
    National Archives photos 80-G-1017186 and 80-G-1017187    		 Naval Historical Center
    Commodore 80k
    Commanding Officers
    01Chief Carpenter Phillip R. James, USNRF1918
    02Boatswain Frederick C. Talbot, USNRF1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: The second Commodore (No. 1425), a motorboat, served in the Navy during 1917-19.
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