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Mary Pope (SP 291)
Built in 1915; Acquired by the Navy, 9 August 1917; Struck from the Navy list, 31 March 1919; Wrecked, 10 September 1919.
Specifications: Displacement 13 t.; Length 52'; Beam 8' 5"; Draft 2' 7"; Speed 14.7 kts.; Complement four; Armament one machine gun; Propulsion gasoline, one shaft.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Mary Pope (SP-291), a wooden-hulled motorboat built in 1915 as Manitee and later renamed Madge by Gass Engineering and Power Co. and C. L. Seabury, Morris Heights, N.Y., was purchased by the Navy from R. W. Bingham 9 August 1917.After serving on section patrol through the remainder of World War I, Mary Pope was struck from the Navy list 31 March 1919. However, while still in custody of the Navy, she was wrecked 10 September 1919.
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