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Blue Bird (SP 465)


Motorboat: Built in 1911 as Houqua at Port Clinton, OH by (builder unknown); Renamed Parthenia and Blue Bird, (dates unknown); Acquired by the Navy 25 June 1917; Commissioned Blue Bird (SP 465), 17 December 1917; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Navy Register, (date unknown); Returned to her owner 7 February 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 67'; Beam unknown; Draft unknown; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament unknown.


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Blue Bird 108k Underway prior to World War I.
USN Photo NH 95903
Naval Historical Center
Blue Bird 172k In port, circa the late summer or fall of 1918. USS Progressive (ID 2003) is tied up alongside Westchester (SP 3103). The bow of Blue Bird is visible at left. USS Mustang (SP-36) is in the left middle distance.
USN Photo NH 102370
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:

Bluebird

The bluebird is a small North American songbird.

SP-465, a 67-foot motor boat of 1917-19, was also known as Blue Bird.


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