- USS Zigzag (SP-106)
USS "Zigzag" (SP-106) was an armed
motorboat that served in theUnited States Navy as apatrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. .Assigned to the
7th Naval District , "Zigzag" operated on local section patrol duties for the duration of World War I and probably until the cessation of all defensive patrols on24 November 1918 ."Zigzag" subsequently was anchored in the
North Beach Basin , Key West,Florida , awaiting disposition, when ahurricane battered theFlorida Keys on9 September 1919 and swept through theyacht basin with disastrous results. On10 September 1919 , eight section patrol (SP) boats, including "Zigzag", were found completely wrecked, dashed to pieces on theseawall . Salvage crews later hauled the tangled wreckage from the water and burned it, retaining only the machinery to survey it for future disposal."Zigzag" was struck from the
Navy List on4 October 1919 .References
*DANFS
External link
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-xz/sp106.htm Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected
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