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Conanicut (YFB-15)

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal

Conanicut Class Yard Ferryboat:

Built by Atlantic, Gulf & Pacific Co., Mill Basin, Brooklyn, NY

Launched, 29 May 1922

Completed for Poughkeepsie & Highland Ferry Co., Poughkeepsie, NY, as Poughkeepsie (ON 222280), September 1922

Acquired by US Navy, 01 October 1940

Served at Newport, RI, 1940 - 1954

Struck from the Naval Register, 1954

Final disposition, unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 574 gross tons
Length 111.5'
Beam 50.2'
Draft 8.6'
Speed unknown
Complement unknown
Armament none
Propulsion two 6-cylinder diesels, 200shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1435001501	215k	Atlantic Gulf & Pacific advertisment showing the newly built *Poughkeepsie; she was the first ferryboat to be powered with diesel-electric propulsion. From Port of New York Harbor and Marine Review*, September 1922.		Douglas Brown and Stan Svec
1435001502	215k	Undated image of *Poughkeepsie* operating on the Hudson, with the Poughkeepsie–Highland Railroad Bridge (now the Walkway Over the Hudson) in the background.		Douglas Brown and Stan Svec

View the Conanicut (YFB-15)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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