To: SAMWolf
Today's classic warship, USS Daiquiri (SP-1285)
Herreshoff class patrol boat
Daiquiri, 62'4" motor boat, was constructed in 1917 at Bristol, Rhode Island, as Herreshoff Hull # 317. She was one of a group of identical craft built in the expectation that they would be needed by the Navy should the United States enter World War I. Purchased by the Navy in mid-September 1917, she was commissioned in early October as USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) and performed patrol service in New England waters for the rest of the conflict. Inactivated in April 1919, the boat was sold in March 1920.
13 posted on
04/15/2004 4:33:05 AM PDT by
aomagrat
("Where weapons are not allowed, it is best to carry weapons.")
To: aomagrat
Morning aomagrat
USS Daiquiri, now there's a ship I know some people would have loved to serve aboard. I would have help out for service on the USS Harvey Wallbanger. ;-)
21 posted on
04/15/2004 7:05:09 AM PDT by
SAMWolf
(Puns are bad, but poetry is verse.)
To: aomagrat
What ever happened to her sister ship, the Margaritaville?
To: aomagrat
Good afternoon aomagrat.
55 posted on
04/15/2004 12:27:13 PM PDT by
snippy_about_it
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