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Quicksilver (SP 281)


Motorboat: Built by the Jahncke Navigation Co., New Orleans, LA; Acquired by the Navy 24 May 1917; Decommissioned 28 January 1919 at New Orleans; Struck from the Navy Register 17 May 1919; Sold 30 June 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 50' 8"; Beam 10'; Draft 1' 7"; Speed 22 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament two 1-pounders.


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