HMCo #323p SP-2840 [Herreshoff #323]

"Jan[uary] 1st 1917.
Deduct for plating [blank]. Plating to be joggled.
Frame spaces 18".
For stern see page 75.
For stem see page 76.
Sheer heights as revised Jan. 6th [1917] are to top of 2 1/8" bulb gunwhale angle, i.e.[?] for top of deck beams deduct 2 1/4". Fair out lines of cross sections to obtain new half-breadth measurements.
For changes on #308 see Page 78.
For changes on No. [blank] see pages 78 [for #308p] & c. and 97 [#323p] & c.
[On p. 47:] Oil tight bulkhead at aft end of engine space. From [frame] # 46 to # 50 will be oil fuel space.]
[On p. 51:] Oil tight bulkhead at aft end of fuel space. (Fuel space [frame] # 46 to # 50.]
[On p. 97:] No 323 [#323p]. To be same as #308 and #321, excepting the sheer line to be continuous and to the heights to top of gunwhale bulb angle to be to figures at top of pages, marked thus [sketch].
The machinery bulkheads will be in same position as in #306, #308 & c. but the position of end watertight bulkheads and also web frames will be changed, as will all internal accommodations and deck arrangements.
The line of plating seams are to be as in following pages.
Scantling are to be made a little heavier.
[On p. 104:] Offsets for Flush D[ec]k # 323." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. [Handwritten (in ink and pencil) notes in Offset Booklet HH.4.049.] January 1, 1917. Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection, MIT Museum, Cambridge, MA.)

"May 24, 1918
Official trial of #323 - 112ft steel flush deck 'Chaser'. Same as #306 and others underwater, and as to power plant, but with different internal accommodations. Vessel was ordered by J.P. Morgan
Trial was made under direction of a Board from 2nd Naval District, and was run for two hours at full speed starting outside Newport Harbor, and going over Rose Is[land] Navy Mile, then to Sandy Pt., making a turn below Hog Is[land] and return and repeating. Each full run was very nearly 6.9 sea miles.
The vessel was fully equipped with contractors outfit. The oil tank was 3/4 full, having [blank] gallons but there were no stores on board. There were about 15 persons and there was a fresh S breeze and near the low water black[?]. [followed by tabulated trial run data with best speed being 19.92kn = 23.0mph]
Boiler pressure was very nearly 250lbs, the safety valves often blowing. ... By stick measurement of tank about 460 gals. of fuel was used." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten note in Experiments Booklet '1911 Trial Trips and Experiments' under date of May 24, 1918. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum.)

"They built two steel twin screw patrol boats of about one hundred and ten feet length, and two smaller wood steamers for the same service, besides several gasoline patrol boats and torpedo retrieving craft, but as these craft were principally designed by Captain Nat's oldest son, A. Sidney DeW. Herreshoff, they are now only spoken of briefly." (Source: Herreshoff, L. Francis. The Wizard of Bristol. The Life and Achievements of Nathanael Greene Herreshoff, together with An Account of Some of the Yachts he Designed. New York, 1953, p. 305.)

"A new type of submarine chaser, the design of which has been approved by the Navy Department, will be seen in American waters within the next few weeks. Four of the boats have already been ordered by prominent New Yorkers. They are described as cruising submarine chasers, able to operate far off shore, and armed with a battery or two 3-inch guns. The boat is 110 feet long, and has a speed of 25 knots an hour. It uses oil fuel and steam propulsion.
The New Yorkers who have placed orders with the Herreshoff Company for boats with the stipulation that they will be built with all possible speed and delivered ready for action at the earliest possible moment, are Commodore Robert E. Tod of the New York Yacht Club [#308p SP-2232], Alfred I. du Pont [#306p SP-1841], Harold Vanderbilt [sic, i.e. J. P. Morgan #323p SP-2840], and Payne Whitney [#321p SP-2235].
Commodore Tod's boat will be delivered in July and the others in August. The owners have already informed the Government that the boats are being built for the service of the country, and as units of the patrol and submarine chasing fleet now being organized. Each boat will be manned by a crew of nineteen officers and men." (Source: Anon. "Yachtsmen Order Submarine Chasers. New Type of Boat, 110 Feet Long, Approved by the Navy Department." New York Times, April 1, 1917, p. 2.)

"Two of the four 120foot steel scout patrol boats building at Herreshoffs are completed. These are for former Commodore Robt. E. Tod [#308p SP-2232] and Alfred I. Du Pont [#306p SP-1841]. Those for Payne Whitney [#321p SP-2235] and George Nichols [sic, i.e. #308p SP-2232 for J. P. Morgan] are nearly completed. These vessels are fitted with Herreshoff steam engines and are to make 26 miles an hour." (Source: Anon. "Spokes from the Rudder Wheel." Rudder, December 1917, p. 776.)

"... Herreshoff 323 [Name of vessel], Patrol [Type], June 10, 1917 [Date of first commissioning or purchase], 100,480.56 [Cost (hull and machinery)], 6,023.12 [Repairs, changes, and alterations to June 30, 1919.] ... " (Source: Anon. "Table 21. Ships On The Navy List June 30, 1919." Navy Yearbook, Washington 1921, p. 776.)

"The following vessels are under orders to be placed out of commission sometime in the near future... YP 2840 (Herreshoff No. 323). ..." (Source: United States Congress House Committee on Appropriations (publ.). "Navy Department Appropration Bill.", 1926, [p. 14?].)

"Atlantic City, Sept. 13 [1930]. (A. P.) The oil burner Wydability, out of New York for the Virgin Islands, was towed into Atlantic City today by a coast guard cutter to 'replenish her water supply'. The craft was first reported in distress by an airplane pilot who believed the ship's rudder or propeller had been lost." (Source: Anon. "Tow Ship to Port." Kokomo (Indiana) Tribune, September 13, 1930, p. 2.)

"The fishing boat Wydability, 93 gross tons, built at Bristol, R. I., in 1918, was sold by the United States Marshal at public auction at 1035 River Road, Edgemont, N. J., to Carl P. Schultz, 155 Sixteenth Street, New York City, for $20.00. ...[This and the previous article may or may not be a reference to #323p ex-SP-2840. Quite certainly it is a reference to either one of the three surviving Swasey-designed steam patrol boats #306p, #308p or #323p, with the latter being most probable because she appears to be the only one to have been completed in 1918 rather than 1917.]" (Source: Anon. [Title?] Nautical Gazette, 1933, vol. 123, [p. 12?].)

"From: Dictionary of American Fighting Ships
Herreshoff #323. Named for the builder.
(SP - 2840: dp. 60; l. 112'5"; b. 15'2"; dr. 4'; s. 24 k.; a. 1 6-pdr.)
Herreshoff #323 was built as a motor boat to government specifications by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, R.I., in 1918. She was contracted for by J. P. Morgan of New York City under an agreement with Assistant Secretary of the Navy F. D. Roosevelt to purchase or lease her upon completion. She was acquired by the Navy from Morgan 6 June 1918 and commissioned 15 June 1918 at Newport, Ens. W. A. Flagg, USNRF, in command.
Herreshoff #323 was first taken to New London, Conn., for outfitting 19 June and then assigned to 1st Naval District, Boston, Mass., for duty as section patrol boat. Based at Boston, she operated as a patrol craft off Nantucket and in Boston harbor, until transferred to 2d Naval District temporarily in December 1918. Herreshoff #323 was later transferred back to Boston and 3 December 1920 was assigned as a general purpose craft at Naval Torpedo Station, Alexandria, Va. She remained on this duty until 10 July 1923, when she was transferred to Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, R.I., as a patrol craft and dispatch boat. She was sold 3 May 1927." (Source: http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/sp-id/sp2840.htm, retrieved March 24, 2007.)

"[Item Description:] Penciled technical drawing titled 'Oil pump for 9-14 & 22 1/2 x 12 Engine. Full size. 1 3/8 dia. x 1 3/8 stroke'. Compare with HMCo Plan HH.5.08394 (102-033) dated May 9, 1917 for Navy Steam Patrol Boats #306p, #308p, #321p and #323p of which this is a preliminary drawing." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator). Penciled Technical Drawing. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Acc. 2004.0001.0283. WRDT04, Folder 27, formerly MRDE09. No date (1917-05-09 or earlier).)
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"[Item Description:] machine shop is improving, #321 engines are now erected, Brechin has #323 nearly ready to frame, #321, had #312 [STINGER] running at the dock, the first 40ft launch [#324p] is practically completed, three others [#325p, #326p, #327p] are planked, and the 5th [#328p] and last will be in frame next week, the completed boat makes a very good appearance and will go overboard in a day or two, #306 [SP-1841] will hopefully be complete next week, design for the French [patrol] boat is as follows [150ft LOA, 18ft beam, other dimensions], will also bid on smaller 18kn boat, Swasey still seems confident to close up the Richards boat [this will be #329p CAROLA], have not yet received a cent on the 40 footers, bank account is getting pretty short, [financial summary by building no], risk of not completing the steel boats promptly, your young friend from Bermuda McCallan is here and working in Mr. Brechin's gang" (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50860. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1917-12-01.)
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"[Item Description:] had successful trial of #306p [SP-1841], #309p [SP-1218 ] came in with damage from grounding and crew managed to inflict further damage, [C.F.] Adams was here last week, none of the other directors has been here except Swasey, the latter is still after the Richards [#329p CAROLA] and Stone [#374p ALERT] contracts, technical specifications for French patrol boats, are setting up the 'sample' 25ft destroyer launches [#330p], also have an order for a 12 1/2 footer [#824s], first 40ft launch [#324p C365] is in the water and has had a successful trial, first boiler was put into #321 [SP-2235] today, #323p [SP-2840] to be set up on Dec 17, machine shop problems, Bob Emmons apparently in Europe, #312p is now in Boston" (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50900. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1917-12-11.)
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"[Item Description:] Navy Dept. ordered ten aeroplane lighters [#191801es, #191802es, #191803es, #191804es, #191805es, #191806es, #191807es, #191808es, #191809es, #191810es], 58ft x 16ft, sort of a small floating dock arranged to carry an aeroplane, $15,000 each, built special construction shed [sketch], want six if possible by March 1, first class job for Brechin, will delay #323p [SP-2840] which is framed and being plated, #306p [SP-1841] and #308p [SP-2232] are finished and waiting for gov't action, Tod has paid for his boat [#308p SP-2232] in full, #321p [SP-2235] is almost done, one 40-fter [apparently #324p C365] has been delivered to Newport but ice is holding the other two [apparently #325p C366 and #326p C367] here and I had them picked up by shears and put on wharf, the last two [apparently #327p C368 and #328p C369] are nearly finished, they have proved expensive boats and we shall no more than make overhead on them, store house is done except cement work in vault, destroyer launch [#330p] is almost finished and is a fine little boat, hope we can build more like her, order for an aeroplane hull or pontoon [#341p NC-4], [Ernest] Alder has gone to Curtiss Works to observe and is now laying the boat down, work has commenced on Richards boat [#329p Carola], the RESOLUTE launch has been sent to Bob's [Emmons] ship the Mt. Vernon as tender" (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50930. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1918-01-08.)
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"[Item Description:] shed for seaplane barges is complete, machine shop consultant, 4 steel boats [apparently #306p SP-1841, #308p SP-2232, #309p SP-1218, #321p SP-2235] have been ordered taken away by gov't but can't move due to ice, shall launch #322p [SP-2373] on Monday and then set up Richards boat [#329p Carola], #323p SP-2840 is about all plated" (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50970. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1918-01-26.)
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"[Item Description:] #306p [SP-1841] and #308p [SP-2232] have been delivered and paid for, #306p had a very successful trial, #321p [SP-2235] about ready for trial, #322p [SP-2373] ready for trial, #323p SP-2840] plated and decked ..." (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50990. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1918-02-25.)
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"[Item Description:] Navy Dept. requesting new authority to sign on behalf of HMCo after death of JBH, are now getting #321p and #322p for trials and delivery, flying boat [#341p NC-4 Seaplane Hull] is along, 24 deries[?] are about completed, #323p (J.P.M.) [SP-2840 for J. P. Morgan / Navy] is about ready for machinery and one boiler was put in today, the 10 Barges [#191801es, #191802es, #191803es, #191804es, #191805es, #191806es, #191807es, #191808es, #191809es, #191810es] are progressing but we are bothered in obtaining witus[?] but hope to overcome this in a few days, Mr. Francis made us a short call this morning, he seemed to be well" (Source: Young, Charles Wesley (Herreshoff Manufacturing Co. Secr.). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50710. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1918-03-06.)
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"[Item Description:] [Seaplane] barges require 6 instead of 4 weeks building time, #306p [SP-1841] and #308p [SP-2232] away and paid, #322p [SP-2373] to be taken away in a day or so, #321p [SP-2235] having dock trials and hopefully to be turned over next week, #323p [SP-2840] has boilers in, hope to have her almost finished by contract time April 1st, other yards are raising wages and our men are uneasy, hope to have at least one [seaplane] barge in the water by time you are back, gov't wants six by that time, navy dept is probably going to order 42ft flying boat hulls [#346p, #347p, #348p, #349p, #350p, #351p, #352p, #353p, #354p, #355p H-16 / C-1 Seaplane Hulls]." (Source: Swan, James. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_51000. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1918-03-14.)
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"[Item Transcription:] [Second page of a May 7, 1918 letter from George Nichols to NGH, the first page was filed in subject folder 'HMCo Board of Directors Correspondence', incl NGH draft reply plus NGH draft letter to Adm. D. Taylor:] ... so I would be glad to have as much notice as possible to make these arrangements.
Sincerely yours, George Nichols. [Incl NGH draft letter to Adm. Taylor:]
Admiral D.W. Taylor
Bureau of Con & R
Dear Sir
Referring to your conversation with Mr. George Nichols, about a 200 foot Patrol boat, I want to thank you for having caused blueprints sent me of the 'Eagle Class' patrol boats. These have been of material aid in working out the plans we are working on for Mr. Nichol's representatives.
As directed I am keeping these plans quite confidential and they will not go out of my private room.
The plans we are working on have lines very similar to that adopted by the Department of C & R for the 110 foot patrol boats, which have proved such excellent sea boats and we hope to have them developed sufficiently to show the general arrangement and construction by the end of this week and I want to ask if it will be your pleasure for Mr Nichols and myself show you and discuss with you these plans next week and if so will you kindly make an appointment when we should be at your office.
I am yours very truly,
NGH
[Incl NGH draft letter to George Nichols:]
Dear George, I have yours of 7th and am writing Ad[mira]l Taylor as you suggest. We are getting on very well with the plans, and hope to have them sufficiently matured[?] by the end of this week. Some changes have suggested themselves.- The most important one being to put shelter spaces each side of the chart house, as in the new Destroyers. It will materially enlarge the area of the Bridge and also give shelter for the men in rough weather.
I quite agree with you about the stack of #323 [#323p SP-2840] and will take it up with Mr. [James] Swan, on his return. He is away today about getting posted on workman's rules. He was waited on Monday by representatives from most of the departments asking for a raise to the Shipping Board schedule.
SWIFTSURE [#243p] I talked it over with Mr. Swan and agreed you could have her at whatever you think right. The hull is now carried on the books at $150, but there was no figure for the engine." (Source: Nichols, George (incl NGH reply and NGH to Adm. D. W. Taylor draft). Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_18900. Correspondence, Folder 51, formerly 54. No date (1918-05-07).)
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"[Item Transcription:] [First page of a May 7, 1918 letter from George Nichols to NGH, the second page (incl NGH draft reply plus NGH draft letter to Adm. D. Taylor) was filed in HMM Correspondence folder 51 (new), 54 (old):] Mrs. Nichols and I both enjoyed our visit with you very much and want to thank you and Mrs. Herreshoff for making it possible.
I met Charlie Adams, Garfield and Lawrence yesterday in Boston, and they unanimously agreed with our suggestion in regard to Mr. Swan. Garfield left for Washington yesterday afternoon, but said he would write Mr. Swan, as soon as he returned, in his official capacity as Treasurer of the Company.
In regard to the Morgan boat [#323p SP-2840], I suspect it would pay us to make her a new smoke-stack of proper size. A stack all out of proportion like her present one is not much of an advertisement for us, and I do not personally feel we can afford to send out a boat that is not, as nearly as we can make her, just right.
It has occurred to me that it would be a good idea if you would personally write Admiral D. W. Taylor, thanking him for the plans he sent you, describing the type boat you are working out and suggesting that you (or you & I) would like to take them down and discuss them with him some day early next week, and ask him to make an appointment that would be convenient to him. I imagine that he must at present be very busy and probably away from Washington a good deal, so that it would be desirable to go down when you would know beforehand that you would find him free. It is difficult just now to get train and room accommodations to and in Washington, [remainder on second page: so I would be glad to have as much notice as possible to make these arrangements.]" (Source: Nichols, George. Letter to N.G. Herreshoff. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MR_50770. Subject Files, Folder [no #]. 1918-05-07.)
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"[Item Description:] thank you for your letter and Lord Fisher's Books which came to hand yesterday, I read over the chapter on oil and oil engines and it appears he is somewhat visionary on this object, I hardly think the oil engine at the present time is so overwhelmingly superior to the steam engine but she [?] has only been developing for a decade or two while the other is probably quite fully refined after over a century of development, as to efficiency (fuel required per unit of power developed), propbaly the oil engine is now approaching its limit and compares roughly as follows, ..., the Diesel engine at the present time is expensive in first cost, very heavy and requires renewal of some parts frequently, all these objections will without doubt be overcome in course of time, but are not the reserves of oil begin drawn upon too rapidly and will not coal last much longer and become comparatively much cheaper than oil for fuel in the near future?, the yacht [#377p ARA] we are building for Mr Winton is to have Winton Diesel Engines of about 900 horsepower and the weight of the engines complete will be about 70 tons, the 110ft submarine chasers [#306p, #308p, #321p, and #323p] we built in 1917-18 were fitted with our steam engines & boilers what developed between 1100 & 1200 hp, the entire vessels complete including all machinery and in running condition weighed but 70 tons, I see no reason why a well designed Diesel engine should not be lighter than the steam option, it is not many years ago the gasoline engines were as heavy as steam plants, now they have been developed to about 1/4 the weigth" (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. Letter to Iselin, C. Oliver. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRRT_440. Unidentif. / Non-Cataloged, Folder MRRT. 1920-10-09.)
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"[Item Transcription:] Handwritten (in ink) trials booklet titled '1911. Trial Trips and Experiments'. Relevant contents:
§40: #323p SP-2840 [HERRESHOFF #323] Trial Run Data (1918-05-24)
§41: #323p SP-2840 [HERRESHOFF #323] Official Trial Run speed 19.92kn (1918-05-24)." (Source: Herreshoff, N.G. (creator) and Herreshoff, A. Sidney deW. (creator). Trials Booklet. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum Item MRDE07_04280. Folder [no #]. 1911-06 to 1926-05.)
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"[Item Description:] Hulls, anchors and pipe berth cut-out models and diagrams. Among others deckline cut-outs for BETTY ANN, #300p SHADOW III, NOMAD, Fishers Island 31-footer, Fishers Island 23-footer, Sub Chaser 110ft x 18ft, 11ft-6in Boat [built from Plan] 76-17 [now named Plan 28-21] (76-33 [now named Plan 28-23]) for Mr Tiffany's #934 [HARLEQUIN] [this may be a reference to #191901es], 18ft-9in Launch [#191002ep] used on #692 [WESTWARD], 14ft Rowboat [#190912es] [built from Plan] 76-14 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 19ft-4 1/2in x 5ft-4in Launch [#191304ep] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 14ft-8in Gasoline Launch [#190307ep] for 590 [#590s INGOMAR], 10ft-3in Boat [# ?] for 376 [#376p ESLOMA], 18ft Dories [#191729es] for #323 [SP-2840], #293 [Power Launch for #215p ROAMER], Vosper [Torpedo Boats built from 1943 - 1944), AMC Minesweeper [#411p, #412p, #413p, #414p], 16ft-10in x 5ft-1in [#191307es Colonia Sailing Cutter] for #719 [VAGRANT II], 711 Class [New York 50s], [dinghies #191308es and #191309es] for #722 [KATOURA], 12ft [dinghy #191106es ?] for 698 [#698s WESTWARD], 25ft-10in x 6ft-1in [built from Plan] 2-83 [#191301ep Owner Launch for #722s Katoura], 11ft-0in Rowboat [# ?] between davits on #251 [LANG SYNE] Feb [19]06, 23ft-4in x 6ft-4in [#287p Stock launch later Crew Launch for #722s KATOURA]. Generally undated, the last vessels referred to appear to date from 1944." (Source: MIT Museum, Hart Nautical Collections, Haffenreffer-Herreshoff Collection Item HH.6.130. Cut-out Models and Diagrams. Box HAFH.6.4B, Folder Models and Diagrams. No date (1944 and earlier).)
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Note: This list of archival documents contains in an unedited form any and all which mention #323p SP-2840 [Herreshoff #323] even if just in a cursory way. Permission to digitize, transcribe and display is gratefully acknowledged.

• SP-2840 (HMCo-made index card)
• Note: The vessel index cards comprise two sets of a total of some 3200 cards about vessels built by HMCo, with dimensions and information regarding drawings, later or former vessel names, and owners. They were compiled from HMCo's early days until 1920 and added to in later decades, apparently by Hart Nautical curator William A. Baker and his successors. While HMCo seems to have used only one set of index cards, all sorted by name and, where no name was available, by number, later users at MIT apparently divided them into two sets of cards, one sorted by vessel name, the other by vessel number and greatly expanded the number of cards. Original HMCo cards are usually lined and almost always punched with a hole at bottom center while later cards usually have no hole, are unlined, and often carry substantially less information. All cards are held by the Francis Russell Hart Nautical Collections of the MIT Museum in Cambridge, Mass.

Year: 1917
E/P/S: P
No.: 323
OA: 112' 9"
LW: 109'

Source: Vermilya, Peter and Maynard Bray. "Transcription of the HMCo. Construction Record." Unpublished database, ca. 2000.

Note: The transcription of the HMCo Construction Record by Peter Vermilya and Maynard Bray was performed independently (and earlier) than that by Claas van der Linde. A comparison of the two transcriptions can be particularly useful in those many cases where the handwriting in the Construction Record is difficult to decipher.

"Steam engine rating 600hp from undated (1903 or later) diagram by N. G. Herreshoff titled 'Marine Engine. Weights and Prices' in the Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 24, 2019.)

"Marine Engine of Open Type. 9 & 14 & 22 1/2 x 12, 500[rpm], 600[hp]." (Source: Herreshoff, N. G. Handwritten List of HMCo-Made Steam Engines. Halsey C. Herreshoff Collection at the Herreshoff Marine Museum, MRDED1_00220. Undated, between 1903 and 1918.)

"In the absence of better available data displacement was estimated by using the figure for Net Register Tons (65) from the 1928 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S. (Gross Register Tons were reported as 99 by the 1919 List of Merchant Vessels of the U.S.) and converting to lbs by dividing through 2000 (short tons). Note that this figure can only be a rough estimate because register tons as reported in Yacht Registers correlate only loosely with actual displacement figures." (Source: van der Linde, Claas. March 17, 2015.)

Note: Research notes contain information about a vessel that is often random and unedited but has been deemed useful for future research.