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Marold (SP 737)


Motor Boat: Built in 1914 by the Northern Boat Co., Port Clinton, OH; Acquired by the Navy 2 June 1917 and commissioned the same day; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to her owner, I. K. Liggett of Chestnut Hill, PA on 9 May 1919; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 35 t.; Length 100'; Beam 12' 6"; Draft 4' 6"; Speed 20 kts.; Complement 14; Armament two 3-pounders and two machine guns.


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Cobra 76k In a New England port during World War I. USS L-10 (Submarine # 50) is in the foreground. Parthenia (SP 671) is inboard of Marold, and the stern of Cobra
(SP 626)
is visible at right.
USN Photograph NH 100561
Naval Historical Center
Cobra 55k In a New England port during World War I. USS L-10 (Submarine # 50) is in the foreground. The bows of Parthenia (SP 671) and Marold are visible at left, tied up alongside each other, with Parthenia inboard. The patrol boat tied up inboard of Cobra (SP 626) is unidentified.
USN Photograph NH 100864
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Marold (SP-737), built by the Northern Boat Co., Port Clinton, Ohio, in 1914, was acquired by the U.S. Navy on a free-lease basis from I. K. Liggett, Chesnut Hill, Pa., and commissioned 2 June 1917, Ens.. W. F. Lakeman, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District during her brief service in the U.S. Navy, Marold operated as a section patrol boat out of Rockland, Maine. She was returned to her owner 9 May 1919.


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