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Other name(s): Caronia; U.S.E.C. J.V. Cavanaugh

Ship owner: Charles E. Sorenson; D.K. Washburn; Engineers Corps, United States Army

Ship builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine

Engine builder: Cooper-Bessemer Corp.

Year ship built: 1931

Year engine built: 1931

Final disposition: Assigned Motorboat number, hence out of documentation as yacht in 1964.

Remarks:

b) U.S.E.C. J.V. Cavanaugh

c) Helene

d) Caronia

Owners:

1) Charles E. Sorenson, Detroit, Michigan

2) Engineers Corps, U.S. Army

3) D.K. Washburn, Los Angeles, California

Registry number: US. 230716

Hull number: None

Vessel type: Yacht

Height: 12.6 ft.

Width: 24.9 ft.

Length: 132.7 ft.

Stroke length: 12 in.

Gross tonnage: 406

Net tonnage: 232

Materials: Steel

Engine type: Diesel (2)

Piston 1: 8 cyl

Piston 2: 9 in.

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