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US Navy · Patrol Craft

High Ball SP-947

A former name retained.

(SP-947: 1. 45'; b. 6'6"; dr. 2'6"; s. 35 k.; a. 1 mg.)

High Ball, a wooden motor boat, was built in 1910, acquired from her owner, W. J. Green of Utica. N.Y., 21 May 1917, an~d commissioned 1 June 1917 at New York Navy Yard.

High Ball was assigned to the 3 Rd Naval District and spent her commissioned service as a tender to Amphitrite in New York Harbor. She was returned to her owner 21 May 1919.

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