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Privateer (YP 179)
ex-SP-179

Motorboat: Built in 1917 by the Gas Engine and Power Co., and the C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY; Acquired by the Navy 25 May 1917; Commissioned Privateer (SP 179), 15 August 1917; Reclassified as a District Patrol Craft YP-179, in 1920; Decommissioned 5 February 1930 at Norfolk, VA; Struck from the Navy Register 7 March 1930; Transferred to United States Shipping Board 30 June 1930. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 108'; Beam 13'; Draft 4' 6"; Speed 22 kts; Armament one 6-pounder and two machine guns.

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Privateer 74k Photographed in 1917 by Morris Rosenfeld, New York.
U. S. Navy photo NH 96621		 Naval Historical Center
Privateer 79k Photographed in 1917 with the armored cruiser San Diego (CA 6) or
South Dakota (CA 9).
U.S. Navy photo NH 96622		 Naval Historical Center
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