USS Yo Ho (SP-463)

USS Yo Ho (SP-463)

USS "Yo Ho" (SP-463) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919. "Yo Ho" was built in 1910 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Marine Construction Company. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service from H. D. Bacon, of Bath, designated her SP-463, armed her, and commissioned her on 12 May 1917 as USS "Yo Ho", Boatswain T. H. Barber, USNRF, in command.

Operating in an unattached status from the 2nd Naval District, "Yo Ho" served through the armistice which ended the war on 11 November 1918.

"Yo Ho" was sold for scrap on 2 June 1919 to G. F. Blackburn of New York, New York.

References

*DANFS

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-xz/yo-ho.htm Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected
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