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Karibou (SP 200)


Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Karibou, a motor boat, was built by Salisbury Marine Construction Co., of Salisbury, Md., in 1911. The Navy chartered her from her owner, Harwood Spencer, of Ashville, N.C., 17 May 1917; and she commissioned the following day, Boatswain Albert Miller, USNFR, in command. Assigned to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Karibou served as an armed guard patrol in the harbors of Norfolk and Newport News. She acted as a mail and dispatch boat along the lower reaches of the James and York Rivers and patrolled Atlantic coastal waters from Norfolk to Virginia beach. Karibou decommissioned 5 February 1919, and was returned to her former owner the same day.

Specifications: Displacement 25 t.; Length 65' 6"; Beam 12' 5"; Draft 4' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement seven; Armament one 1-pounder; Propulsion gasoline engine, one shaft.
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Karibou 85k Photographed prior to World War I.
USN Photograph NH 101954
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The DANFS History for Karibou (SP 200) is listed above.
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