USS Kangaroo (SP-1284)
Kangaroo in 1917 just after her completion and prior to her acquisition by the U.S. Navy | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Kangaroo |
| Namesake | The kangaroo (previous name retained) |
| Builder | Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | 18 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 10 December 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 20 May 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Kangaroo 1917, as U.S. Coast Guard patrol boat USCGC Kangaroo 1919-1923 and USCGC AB-6 1923-1932, and as a private motorboat from 1932 |
| 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 × 4-cylinder gasoline engines, twin screws |
| Speed | 21 knots |
| Complement | 11 |
| Armament | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
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The first USS Kangaroo (SP-1284) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.