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Tarantula (SP 124)

Sunk 28 October 1918

Motor Yacht: Built in 1912 by the George Lawley and Son Corp., Neponset, MA; Acquired by the Navy 25 April 1917; Commissioned, (date unknown); Sunk 28 October 1918 about 8 miles southwest of the Fire Island, NY light vessel after a collision with the Royal Holland Lloyd Line steamship SS Frisia; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 169.97 t.; Length 128' 9"; Beam 19' 3"; Draft 9'; Speed 14 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament two 6-pounders and two .30 cal. machine guns.


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: The second Tarantula (SP-124), a motor yacht built in 1912 at Neponset, Mass., by George Lawley and Son Corp., was acquired by the Navy on 25 April 1917 from W. K. Vanderbilt of New York City. Assigned to section patrol in the 3d Naval District during World War I, Tarantula operated along the coastal waters of Connecticut, New York, and New Jersey until October 1918. On 28 October, she sank about eight miles southwest of the Fire Island light vessel after colliding with the Royal Holland Lloyd Line steamship SS Frisia. Her name was subsequently struck from the Navy list.

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