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    Daiquiri (American Motor Boat, 1917)

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    Daiquiri, 62'4" motor boat, was constructed in 1917 at Bristol, Rhode Island, as Herreshoff Hull # 317. She was one of a group of identical craft built in the expectation that they would be needed by the Navy should the United States enter World War I. Purchased by the Navy in mid-September 1917, she was commissioned in early October as USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) and performed patrol service in New England waters for the rest of the conflict. Inactivated in April 1919, the boat was sold in March 1920.
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