USS Zumbrota

USS Zumbrota (SP-93/YP-93) was a motor boat in the United States Navy.

Zumbrota sometime between 1914 and 1917, prior to her United States Navy service
History
Name: USS Zumbrota
Builder: Matthews Boat Company, Port Clinton, Ohio
Launched: 1914
Acquired: 11 August 1917
Commissioned: 11 August 1917
Decommissioned: 5 November 1926
Reclassified: YP-93, 1920
Stricken: 8 November 1926
Fate: Sold in Key West, 3 May 1927
General characteristics
Type: Motor boat
Tonnage: 34 long tons (35 t) (gross)
Length: 70 ft (21 m)
Beam: 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draft: 2 ft 1 in (0.64 m)
Speed: 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph)
Complement: 7
Armament:

Zumbrota was built in 1914 at Port Clinton, Ohio, by the Matthews Boat Company and was acquired by the Navy on 11 August 1917 from circus entrepreneur, Charles Ringling, of Sarasota, Florida, for service as a section patrol boat and was designated SP-93.

East Coast operations

Commissioned on 11 August 1917, Zumbrota was assigned to the 7th Naval District and operated out of Key West, Florida. She conducted local patrols for the duration of the war. Redesignated YP-93 in 1920, she continued her operations in the Florida waters of the 7th Naval District until decommissioned on 5 November 1926. Struck from the Navy List on 8 November 1926, the boat was sold to the Thompson Fish Co., of Key West, on 3 May 1927.

Current Port

The Zumbrota currently resides in southern California as a dinner cruise vessel.

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