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US Navy · Patrol Craft

Malay SP-735

A former name retained.

(SP-735: t 173; 1. 150'; b. 20'; dr. 8'71''; s. 15 k.; cpl. 29; a. 2 3-pdrs., 1 mg., I Y-gun)

Malay (SP-735), a steam yacht, was. built by John Rosch & Sons of Chester, Pa., in 1898; acquired on free lease from Hannah P. Weld of Boston 29 April 1917; and commissioned 16 June 1917 to patrol along the Atlantic coast during World War 1. She was returned to her owner I March 1919, and sold to a buyer from Honduras in 1921.

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