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Specifications: Displacement 29 t.; Length 68'; Beam 12'; Draft 3' 6"; Depth of Hold 5' 9"; Speed 12 kts.; Complement nine; Armament one 1-pounder and two machine guns.
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73k | In port during World War I. USS Edith M. III (SP-196) is partially visible at left. US Navy Photo NH 102168. |
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Rutoma patrolled in the 3d Naval District during 1917 and 1918, operating in Long Island Sound and eastward to New Haven, Conn. Transferred to New York at war's end, Rutoma was rammed and sunk on 21 February 1918 by the tug S.S. John L. Lewis off Pier No.6 in the East River, N.Y. The patrol boat was raised the following day by salvage crews from the salvage vessel Resolute. Rutoma was subsequently sold on 16 September 1919 to Reinhard Hall of Brooklyn, N.Y., remaining on mercantile registers into the 1930's.
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