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US Navy · Motor Boats

Maud SP-1009

A former name retained.

(Motorboat: t. 15 (gr.) ; 1. 50'; b. 12'; dr. 3'3"; s. 9 k.; cpl. 6; a. none)

Maud (SP-1009), a wooden motorboat, was built in 1913; acquired by the Navy under free lease from her owner, 11'. H. Pattison, 15 June 1917; and commissioned the same day for duty in the 5th Naval District. During the remainder of World War I, she carried out dispatch and special services for the commandant, 5th Naval District, and operated in the Norfolk area. She was returned to her owner 7 January 1919.

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