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Billow (ID 1704)


Minesweeper: Built in 1912 at Quincy, MA; Acquired by the Navy 13 June 1918; Commissioned 29 June 1918; Decommissioned 30 November 1918 and returned to her owner, the Bay State Fishing Co., Boston. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 248 t.; Length unknown; Beam unknown; Draft unknown; Speed unknown; Complement unknown; Armament unknown.


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Billow 129k Hauled out of the water, prior to her World War I Naval service. Note the "B" on her smokestack, representing her owner, the Bay State Fishing Company of Boston, Massachusetts.
U.S. Navy photo NH 100251
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There is no DANFS history currently available for Billow (ID 1704).
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