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Absegami (SP 371)


Built in 1916 at New York City as a civilian pleasure craft; Acquired by the Navy, early May 1917; Commissioned as USS Absegami (SP-371), 2 May 1917; Decommissioned, 2 December 1918 and returned to her owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 75'; Beam 16'; Draft 3' 6"; Speed 13 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one 1-pounder and one machine gun; Propulsion gasoline.
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Absegami 71k Photographed circa 1916-1917.
USN Photo NH 95899
Naval Historical Center
Absegami 107k Photographed circa 1916-1917.
USN Photo NH 100892
Naval Historical Center
Absegami 92k Photographed circa 1917-1918.
USN Photo NH 57710
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Absegami (SP-371) was a motor boat built in 1916 at New York City by the New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Co., acquired by the Navy on free lease from her owner, Allen K. White, Atlantic City, N.J., on 2 May 1917; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 30 April 1917, Ens. W. G. Morse in command.

Following her commissioning, Absegami was assigned to section patrol duty in the 4th Naval District. Throughout World War 1, the boat patrolled the Delaware Bay and Atlantic waters off Cape May, N.J. Absegami was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 2 December 1918 and returned to her owner four days later.

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