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Beaumere II (SP 444)


Motorboat: Built at Morris Heights, NY as Madge II; Renamed Beaumere II; Acquired by the Navy 29 June 1917; Commissioned Beaumere II (SP 444), 22 October 1917. For the remainder of World War I, and for some months after the November 1918 Armistice, the craft was employed on dispatch and passenger service in New York Harbor. Decommissioned 24 February 1919 and returned to her owner; Remained in civilian service into the late 1940s. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 62.5'; Beam unknown; Draft unknown; Speed unknown; Compliment unknown; Armament unknown.


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Beaumere II 89k Underway prior to her World War I Naval service. Though the name Beaumere II (or perhaps just Beaumere) is exhibited across her transom, the life ring amidships carries her former name, Madge II.
USN Photograph NH 100227
Naval Historical Center

There is no DANFS history currently available for Beaumere II (SP 444).
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