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US Navy · Motor Boats

Pompano mbt.

(Mbt: t. 15; 1. 55'8"; b. 13'7"; dr. 4'0"; cpl. 9)

The first Pompano was a wooden motorboat built in 1906 at Pocomoke Clty, Md., chartered by the Navy from the Globe Fish Co., Elizabeth, N.C., commissioned 15 September 1917; and served the 5th Naval District as a supply boat during World War I. She decommissioned 31 January 1919 and was returned to her owner 4 February 1919.

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