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
United States
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	1 × 3-pounder gun 2 × machine guns

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.

She is not to be confused with similarly designated USS YP-93 (ex-Margaret F) built in 1931.

Current Port

The Zumbrota currently resides in southern California as a dinner cruise vessel. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places listings in Los Angeles County, California as of March 20, 2017.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery of USS Zumbrota at NavSource Naval History
• Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: USS Zumbrota