USS Zumbrota

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USS Zumbrota (SP-93) as private motorboat.jpg
Zumbrota sometime between 1914 and 1917, prior to her United States Navy service
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NameUSS Zumbrota
BuilderMatthews Boat Company, Port Clinton, Ohio
Launched1914
Acquired11 August 1917
Commissioned11 August 1917
Decommissioned5 November 1926
ReclassifiedYP-93, 1920
Stricken8 November 1926
FateSold in Key West, 3 May 1927
General characteristics
Type Motor boat
Tonnage34 long tons (35 t) (gross)
Length70 ft (21 m)
Beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draft2 ft 1 in (0.64 m)
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement7
Armament

USS Zumbrota (SP-93/YP-93) was a motor boat in the United States Navy.

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Zumbrota was built in 1914 at Port Clinton, Ohio, by the Matthews Boat Company and was acquired by the Navy on 11 August 1917 from circus entrepreneur, Charles Ringling, of Sarasota, Florida, for service as a section patrol boat and was designated SP-93.

East Coast operations

Commissioned on 11 August 1917, Zumbrota was assigned to the 7th Naval District and operated out of Key West, Florida. She conducted local patrols for the duration of the war. Redesignated YP-93 in 1920, she continued her operations in the Florida waters of the 7th Naval District until decommissioned on 5 November 1926. Struck from the Navy List on 8 November 1926, the boat was sold to the Thompson Fish Co., of Key West, on 3 May 1927.

She is not to be confused with similarly designated USS YP-93 (ex-Margaret F) built in 1931. [1]

Current Port

The Zumbrota currently resides in southern California as a dinner cruise vessel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California as of March 20, 2017.

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References

  1. ↑ Priolo, Gary P.; Wright, David L. "YP-93 (II)". NavSource - Naval Source History. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
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