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Mauna Loa (SP 28)


Built in 1916 by George Lawley & Sons, Boston, MA; Acquired by the Navy, 10 May 1917; Commissioned, 11 May 1917; Returned to her owner, 5 December 1918. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 18 t. (gr); Length 56'; Beam 9' 6"; Draft 2' 9"; Speed 20 kts.; Complement seven; Armament one machine gun.
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Mauna Loa 61k Underway in harbor, prior to her World War I Navy service. A U.S. Navy destroyer is in the left background.
Photographed by Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut.
USN Photo NH 102022
Naval Historical Center
Mauna Loa 75k Underway in harbor, prior to her World War I Navy service.
Photographed by Brown & Dawson, Stamford, Connecticut.
USN Photo NH 102023
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: The first Mauna Loa, a motor yacht, was built by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Mass., in 1916; acquired by the Navy under free-lease contract from A. C. James 10 May 1917; and commissioned the next day.

Mauna Loa was called in for special duty during World War I, operating off the 1st Naval District until the Armistice. She decommissioned 5 December and was returned to her owner the same day.

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