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US Army Personnel Boat Q-28

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Acquired Yacht:
  • Built by W.S. Carter, Friendship, Maine
  • Launched, 11 June 1938
  • Completed for John A. Sweetser, Marion, Massachusetts, as sport fishing boat / motor yacht Captain Samuel Jamieson (ON 237398), 1938 1
  • Acquired by Army, July 1941
  • Noted for sale at Staten Island, NY, March 1946
  • Registered to Earl S. Field, Monhegan, Maine, 1946
  • Used as mail & freight boat to Monhegan, 1947-1954
  • Registered to Light's Underwater Sports & Deep Diving Co., Boston, MA, as recreational dive boat, 1956
  • Used to make the first dives on the wreck of the sunken liner Andrea Doria off Nantucket, September 1956
  • Final disposition, foundered about 13 miles E of Cape Neddick, Maine (43° 23' N 70° 07' W), 04 July 1958
    1. Most sources, including the Army sale advert and MVUS, spell the name "Jamieson," but prewar documents spell it "Jameson," which is supported by genealogical records. MVUS also cites building location incorrectly as Friendship, Virginia, and owner as John A.S. Weetser.
    Specifications:
    Hull Wood
    Displacement 32 gross tons, 18 net tons
    Length 57' 0" overall, 54' 6" waterline
    Beam 14' 6"
    Draft 6' 0"
    Speed unknown
    Complement unknown
    Propulsion one Superior Model MRA-6S diesel, 110hp
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    Q-28
    3029Q02801    		 64k Capt. Samuel Jamieson as completed, 1938.
    Image from Superior Diesel advertisement in Motor Boating, November 1941.    		 Dave Wright
    Q-28
    3029Q02802    		 46k Capt. Samuel Jamieson as the Monhegan mail boat postwar. Dave Wright
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