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Pinafore (SP 450)


Ferry Launch/Tug: Built in 1902 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, CA; Commissioned, (date unknown); Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1920. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 14.5 t.; Length 45'; Beam 12' 3"; Draft unknown; Speed 9 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament unknown.


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Pinafore 73k Seen off Mare Island date unknown. Note on the back of picture states that is was being used as "Officer Tug". Darryl L. Baker
Pinafore 80k c. July 1902
Off Mare Island shortly after her completion.
Darryl L. Baker
Pinafore 58k c. 1920
Off Mare Island.
Darryl L. Baker

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History:

Pinafore

A Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, "H. M. S. Pinafore."

Pinafore was built in 1902 by the Mare Island Navy Yard, Calif. as a ferry launch.

Pinafore was used by the Mare Island Navy Yard as a construction and repair launch until she was struck from the Navy List 1 July 1920.


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