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SP-298
ex-Navajo III (SP 298)

Motorboat:

  • The second Navajo III was built in 1916 by the Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury, Morris Heights, NY
  • Acquired by the Navy 15 June 1917
  • Commissioned USS Navajo III (SP 298), 25 June 1917
  • Renamed SP-298 in 1918
  • Struck from the Navy Register 27 September 1919
  • Sold 12 November 1919
  • Decommissioned 1 December 1919
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 40 t.
  • Length 67'
  • Beam 13'
  • Draft 3' 8"
  • Speed 13.9 kts.
  • Complement 13
  • Armament: One 1-pounder and two .30 cal. machine guns
  • Propulsion: One 135hp 6-cylinder Speedway gasoline engine, one shaft.
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    Navajo III
    Navajo III 68k Photographed prior to her World War I Naval service
    U.S. Navy photo NH 102058    		 Naval Historical Center
    USS Navajo III (SP 298)
    Navajo III 128k Underway, circa 1917-1918, probably in the vicinity of New York City. Hand-written on the original print's back is "Navajo III ... S.P. 298. Sam Willis comdg"
    Donation of Mrs. Juel M. Walker, 1980
    Naval Historical Center photo NH 103216    		 Robert Hurst
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Navajo III, a motorboat built by Gas Engine & Power Co., and Chas. L. Seabury, Morris Heights, N.Y., was acquired by the Navy from Arthur Clapp 25 June 1917 and commissioned the same day at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Chief Boatswain's Mate Samuel J. Willis in command.

    Operating in the 3d Naval District, New York during World War I, Navajo III steamed to Fort LaFayette 27 June and thence to New Haven to patrol the submarine net zone of Long Island Sound. Navajo was towed up Quinnipiae River by Abaloma (SP-208) 5 August, thereafter operating around Coinfield with SP-46, SP-12, and SP-100. After steaming to Smithtown Bay for target practice in November, she proceeded to Marme Basin, remaining there until April 1918.

    In 1918, Navajo was attached to Squadron 6, headquartered at Bridgeport, Connecticut, and patrolled the entrance to Bridgeport harbor, shifting to patrol between Pinfield Reef and Stratford Shoal in June. Continuing patrol duty off Connecticut, throughout the war, Navajo decommissioned and was sold 1 November 1919.

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