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Whitecap (SP 340)


Trawler: Built in 1916 by the Manitowoc Shipbuilding Co., Manitowoc, WI; Acquired by the Navy 28 April 1917; Commissioned 8 May 1917; Decommissioned 11 March 1919 at Boston, MA; Returned to her owner, the Bay State Fisheries Co., South Boston and struck from the Naval list 1 April 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 303 t.; Length 143'; Beam 22' 8"; Draft 13' 5"; Speed 11 kts.; Complement 18; Armament one 6-pounder and one 3".


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Whitecap 126k Halftone reproduction of a photograph taken during World War I. Whitecap appears to be towing a heavily-loaded schooner through icy waters.
Courtesy of Alfred Cellier, 1977.
USN Photograph NH 85729
Naval Historical Center
Whitecap 100k Underway in a harbor, circa 1917-1919.
USN Photograph NH 102373
Naval Historical Center

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