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US Navy · Patrol Craft

Kumigan SP-97

(SP-97: t. 34; 1. 76'; b. 13'; dr. 2'9"; s. 23 k.; cpl. 8; a. I 1-pdr.)

Kumigan, a motor yacht built in 1917 by Great Lakes Boat Building Corp., was taken over by the Navy 8 May 1917 from Albert Pack of East Chicago, Ill., and 2 days later enrolled in the* Naval Coastal Defense Reserve. However, she saw no service and was returned 'to her owner early in the summer of 1917.

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