USCGC Kangaroo
Kangaroo in 1917 just after her completion and prior to her U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake | The kangaroo (previous name retained) |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | 22 November 1919 |
| Renamed | USCGC AB-6 6 November 1923 |
| Fate | Sold 1 October 1932 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Kangaroo 1917 and as U.S. Navy patrol boat USS Kangaroo (SP-1284) 1917-1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 29 tons |
| Length | 62 ft 4 in (19.00 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft 11 in (3.33 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
| Installed power | 120 brake horsepower |
| Propulsion | 2 x 4-cylinder gasoline engines, twin screws |
| Speed | 13 knots |
| Complement | 5 |
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USCGC Kangaroo, later USCGC AB-6, was United States Coast Guard patrol boat in commission from 1919 to 1932.