Photo #: NH 94480
Kangaroo (American Motor Boat, 1917)
At anchor prior to her World War I Navy service.
One of nine 62'4" boats built by Herreshoff, of Bristol,
Rhode Island, specifically for Naval service, and known initially
as Herreshoff Hull 316, this craft was taken over by the
Navy and placed in commission on 18 September 1917 as USS Kangaroo
(SP-1284). She was transferred to the Treasury Department on
22 November 1919.
This photograph, in which the name "Kangaroo" is faintly
visible on the boat's pilothouse, was also used on the contemporary
"SP" record cards of two sisters: Daiquiri (SP-1285)
and War Bug (SP-1795).
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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