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Needle (SP 649)


Built in 1906 by George Lawley & Sons, Inc., Neponset, MA; Acquired, by the Navy, 9 June 1917 from George L. Batehelder, Medford, MA; Commissioned as USS Needle (SP 649), 20 June 1917; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, 18 August 1919; Sold, 16 September 1919 to Morgan Barney, New York, NY. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement 22 t.; Length 71'; Beam 10'; Draft 3' 9"; Speed 12 kts.; Armament two machine guns.
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Inca/Needle 52k Moored outboard of USS Inca (SP 1212).
USN Photo NH 101827
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