Kangaroo, 1919

Feb. 3, 2021
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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).