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Akbar (SP 599)


Yacht: Built in 1915 by the Mathis Yacht Building Co., Camden, NJ; Acquired by the Navy 17 May 1917: Commissioned 31 May 1917; Decommissioned 17 January 1919; Struck from the Navy list 2 October 1919; Sold 2 January 1920 to F. Chester Everett, Maiden, MA. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 125 t.; Length 72' 6"; Beam 11' 6"; Draft 3' 4"; Speed 22 kts.; Complement 11; Armament two machine guns.


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Akbar 90k Underway prior to World War I.
USN photo NH 99170
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