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Wakiva II

Sunk 22 May 1918

Patrol Yacht: Laid down by Ramage and Ferguson, Leith, Scotland; Launched 3 February 1907; Acquired by the Navy 20 July 1917; Commissioned USS Wakiva II, 6 August 1917 at the Boston Navy Yard; Sunk 22 May 1918 after a collision with Wabash (ID 1824) in the Bay of Biscay, approximately 20 miles south of Ile d'Yeu, France.

Specifications: Displacement 853 t.; Length 239' 6"; Beam 30' 6"; Draft 15'; Speed 15 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament four 3" and two .30 cal.
machine guns.


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Wakiva II 111k . Jim Rogers

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