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Herreshoff No. 323 (YP 2840)
ex-Herreshoff No. 323 (SP 2840)

Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1918 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI
  • Acquired by the Navy 6 June 1918
  • Commissioned Herreshoff No. 323 (SP 2840), 15 June 1918
  • Reclassified as District Patrol Craft YP-2840 in 1920
  • Sold 3 May 1927
  • Renamed Wydability in the 1930s
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 65 t.
  • Length 112' 9"
  • Beam 15' 2"
  • Draft 3' 9½"
  • Speed 24 kts.
  • Complement 26
  • Armament: One 6-pounder, one Y-gun depth charge projector and two machine guns
  • Propulsion: Two Herreshoff boilers, two 600hp verticle triple-expansion steam engines, two shafts.
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    Commanding Officers
    01ENS Washington A. Flagg, USNRF15 June 1918
    02ENS Henry K. Hannah, Jr., USNRF1919
    03ENS Charles Uhrstrom, USNRF1919
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