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Hornbill (AMc 13)


Built as the fishing boat J. A. Martinolich (date unknown); Taken over by the Navy and commissioned Hornbill (AMc 13), December 1940; Collided, 30 June 1942 with the lumber schooner, Esther Johnson in San Francisco Bay and sank; Struck from the Naval Register, 24 July 1942.

Specifications: Displacement 195 t.; Length 83' 2"; Beam 20' 11"; Draft 5'; Depth of Hold 10'; Speed 10 kts; Complement 11; Armament one .30 cal. machine gun.
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