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US Navy · Patrol Craft

Itasca II SP-803

(SP 803; t. 58; L 99'9"; b. 16'7"; dr. 4'9"; s. 10 k. cpl. 10; a. 1 6-pdr., 1 1-pdr., 2 mg.)

Itasca II (SP-803), a motor boat, was built by Hudson Yacht & Boat Building ao., Nyack, N.Y., in 1911; acquired by the Navy 29 May 1918 under free lease agreement; and commissioned 13 July.

Assigned to the 3d Naval District, Itasca II operated out of New York on section and harbor patrol for the next 8 months. The motor boat decommissioned 6 February 1919 and was returned to her owner, E. B. Hawkins. Duluth, Minn.

A former name retained.

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