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Dart (YFB-308)


  • Laid down, 6 April 1899 as Dart at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA.
  • Launched, 28 February 1900
  • Sponsor - Miss Margaret Fectchler, daughter of LT. A. F. Fectchler, aid to the Commandant of Mare Island RADM Kempff
  • Built at a cost of $15,000.00
  • Placed in service as Dart, 9 April 1900, at Navy Yard Mare Island
  • Designated Yard Ferryboat (YFB-308), 17 July 1920
  • Placed out of service, 20 September 1930, and transferred to the Department of Commerce
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement unknown
    Length unknown
    Beam unknown
    Draft unknown
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion unknown

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    Dart 80k Dart ready for launch at Mare Island, 28 February 1900.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.
    Darryl Baker
    Dart 85k Dart at the end of the ways during her launching at Mare Island, 28 February 1900.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.
    Darryl Baker
    Dart 72k Miss Margaret Fectchler assisted by her father LT. A. F. Fectchler christens the ferry launch Dart at Mare Island, 28 February 1900.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.
    Darryl Baker
    Dart 68k Broadside view of Dart at Navy Yard Mare Island, circa 1904.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.
    Darryl Baker
    Dart 208k Stern view of Dart docked on the Vallejo side of the Mare Island straits, 1 August 1904.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo 379, 8/1/04.
    Darryl Baker
    Dart 162k Dart and Pike (Submarine No. 6) forward of and the civilian ferry Vallejo aft of Bennington (Gunboat No.4) in Drydock No. 1 at Navy Yard Mare Island, Vallejo, CA., 9 May 1905. The ship to Bennington's starboard is also unidentified as well as the ship beyond the drydock at anchor.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo.
    Darryl Baker

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