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Isle of Surry (SP 1860)

Freight Boat:

  • Built in 1911 by Charles E. Bush, Crittenden, VA
  • Acquired by the Navy 18 September 1917 and commissioned the same day
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Navy Register 31 January 1919 at Norfolk, VA and returned to her owner
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 38 t.
  • Length 60' 1"
  • Beam 17' 6"
  • Draft 6'
  • Speed 8.6 kts.
  • Complement 12
  • Propulsion: One 4-cylinder 60hp diesel engine, one shaft.
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    Isle of Surry 65k Photographed c. 1917
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101832    		 Naval Historical Center
    Isle of Surry 65k In port, possibly when she was inspected by the Fifth Naval District on 20 September 1917, by which time she was already in Navy service
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99387
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