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Shark (SP 534)


Motorboat:

  • The fourth Shark was built in 1909 as Ildico IV at South Yarmouth, MA
  • Renamed Shark
  • Acquired by the Navy 17 May 1917
  • Commissioned USS Shark (SP 534), 24 May 1917
  • Struck from the Navy list 16 September 1919
  • Sold 4 November 1919
  • Sold in 1920 to Morgan Barnes and renamed Safety First
  • Registered in 1927 to John H. Gregory of Red Bank, NJ as the yacht White Lyne
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 30 t.
    1927 - 28 t.
  • Length 74' 4"
    1927 - 60'
  • Beam 12' 5"
    1927 - 11.2'
  • Draft 4' 2"
    1927 - 5.8'
  • Speed 12 kts.
  • Complement 12
    1927 - One
  • Armament: One 1-pounder and one machine gun
  • Propulsion: Two 50hp 6-cylinder Standard gasoline engines, two shafts.
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    Shark 86k Hauled out of the water, circa 1917-1919
    U.S. Navy photo NH 102208
    Naval Historical Center

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