Photo #: NH 100865
Coco (American Motor Boat, 1917)
Tied up in Florida waters prior to her World War I era Navy service.
This pleasure craft was built by the Albany Boat Company and
owned by W.J. Matheson of Cocoanut Grove, Florida. She was acquired
by the Navy on 23 June 1917 and placed in commission on 23 July
1917 as USS Coco (SP-110). Stricken on 23 June 1919, she
was sold on 5 August but was wrecked in a hurricane on 9 & 10
September 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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