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Boy Scout (SP 53)

Motorboat: Built in 1916 by Britt Brothers, Lynn, MA; Acquired by the Navy 5 May 1917. Served initially in New England waters. Later, she was sent overseas for "aviation service". No further record has been found on her, but she was probably disposed of in the year following the end of World War I.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 45'; Beam unknown; Draft unknown; Speed 26.2 mph; Complement unknown; Armament unknown.

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Boy Scout 91k Underway, circa 1916-1917.
Photographed by George N. Harden, Rockland, Maine.
U.S. Navy photo NH 99426		 Naval Historical Center
There is no DANFS history currently available for Boy Scout (SP 53).
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