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Scoter (SP 20)

Motorboat: Built in 1916 by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA; Acquired by the Navy 21 April 1917 and placed in service the same day; Stricken from the Navy list in 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 21 t.; Length 53' 3"; Beam 11' 6"; Draft 3'; Speed 23 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 1-pounder and one .30 cal. machine gun.

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Scoter 92k Passing USS L-1 (Submarine No. 40) while underway, probably in 1916. USS L-3 (Submarine No. 42) and USS Monaghan (Destroyer No. 32) are in the background.
U.S. Navy photo NH 65071		 Naval Historical Center
Cossack 69k Scoter, at left, and Cossack (SP 695) near a buoy, probably in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, circa summer 1917, with several barges in the distance.
Collection of George K. Beach.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102841		 Naval Historical Center
Cossack 76k Scoter, at left, and Cossack (SP 695) near a buoy, probably in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, circa summer 1917.
Collection of George K. Beach.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102842		 Naval Historical Center
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