USS Saco (YT-31)

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Name: USS Saco (YT-31)
Builder: A.C. Brown and Son, Tottenville, New York
Laid down: 1912
Acquired: 30 September 1918
Struck: 22 October 1926
Fate: Sold, 3 May 1927
General characteristics
Type: Tug
Displacement: 119 long tons (121 t)
Length: 90 ft (27 m)
Beam: 24 ft 8 in (7.52 m)
Draft: 8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed: 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph)

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