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US Navy · Patrol Craft

Halcyon II SP-1658

( SP-1658: 1. 40'; b. 9'6"; dr. 2'8"; s. 10 k. )

The second Halcyon was built by Defoe Boat Works Bay City, Mich., in 1912, and was taken over by the Navy from her owner, G. G. Barnum, at Duluth, Minn., 16 June 1917 After serving briefly on section patrol in the Great Lakes, 9th Naval District, Halcyon was returned to her owner 5 November 1917.

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