Kangaroo, 1919
(AB-6)
Built: Herreshoff, Bristol, RI
Cost: Unknown
Machinery: 2 x 4-cylinder gasoline engines, twin screws, 120 bhp
Top Speed: 13 knots
Length: 62' 4"
Beam: 10' 11"
Draft: 3' 6"
Displacement: 29 tons
Launched: 1917
Acquired: 22 November 1919
Commissioned: Unknown
Disposition: Sold 1 October 1932
Complement: 5
Armament: Unknown
Cutter History:
This was a former Navy patrol boat (SP-1284) taken over at Key West, FL. She was assigned to Charleston, SC, on 1 January 1923 and re-named AB-6 on 6 November 1923. She was sold to John H. Curtis at Norfolk, VA for $200.
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.
U.S. Coast Guard. Record of Movements: Vessels of the United States Coast Guard: 1790 - December 31, 1933. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1934; 1989 (reprint).