Motor yacht Georgiana III at builder's fitting out dock.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name |
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Owner |
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Builder | Harlan and Hollingsworth Corporation, Wilmington, Delaware |
Yard number | 3447 |
Launched | 20 May 1916 |
Completed | 1916 |
Maiden voyage | 29 July 1916 |
In service | 20 May 1916 |
Identification |
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Fate | Sank 19 September 1928 |
General characteristics [1] | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Tonnage | 82 GRT 44 NRT |
Length |
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Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) mean |
Propulsion | 1 240 ihp 4 cyl diesel, single screw |
Speed | 15 kn (17 mph; 28 km/h) |
Complement | 18 |
Armament |
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Notes | Though commissioned as a Navy vessel the Navy did not own the yacht. Acquisition 3 May 1917 was by free lease. The vessel was commissioned 11 May 1917 and decommissioned 30 November 1918. |
Rosinco | |
Location | Lake Michigan off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin |
Coordinates | 42°37.50′N 087°37.62′W / 42.62500°N 87.62700°W |
Built | 1916 |
Architect | Harlan and Hollingsworth; Fairbanks-Morse |
NRHP reference No. | 01000737 |
Added to NRHP | July 18, 2001 |
Rosinco was a diesel-powered luxury yacht that sank in Lake Michigan off the coast of Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1928. The yacht was built in 1916 as Georgiana III and served during World War I as USS Georgiana III, a Section patrol craft, under a free lease to the Navy by her owner and commanding officer. After the war the yacht was sold and renamed Whitemarsh in 1918. In 1925, after sale to Robert Hosmer Morse of Fairbanks-Morse, the yacht became Rosinco. She was sunk following a collision in 1928 and the wreck was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[3]