From: Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, V. 4, 1969, p. 434.

Moosehead

The first Moosehead retained her former name; the second was named for the first.

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(SP-2047: t. 377; l. 185'2"; b. 35'9"; dr. 10'9")

A passenger ferryboat, Moosehead was built at Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, in 1911 and purchased from the Maine Central Railroad 28 March 1918 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. Operating from the Washington Navy Yard in 1919, Moosehead was redesignated YFB-2047 in 1920 and Porpoise in 1921. Continuing to operate along the Atlantic coast in peacetime, she was sold 24 February 1931.

Transcribed by Richard H. Bouchard.