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Mikawe (SP 309)


Built in June 1916 at Bay City, MI; Acquired by the Navy and placed in service as USS Mikawe (SP 309), 10 August 1917; Transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey, 24 April 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 41t.; Length 65'; Beam 14'; Draft 3' 9"; Speed 11.6 kts.; Complement nine; Armament two 1-pounders and two machine guns.
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Mikawe 66k A very blurred photograph, taken prior to World War I.
USN Photo NH 102031
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Mikawe (SP-309), a wooden-hull patrol boat built in 1916 at Bay City, Mich., was acquired by the U.S. Navy, 10 August 1917, from Thomas H. Gill for $12,500 and placed in service the same day. For almost 2 years she served as a section patrol boat in the 9th Naval District. On 24 April 1919 she was transferred to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey.

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