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MAR-SUE

After additional modifications 1975-1980, photo Michael J. Stiglitz.
Seen here on the Pamilco Sound after major rebuild in New Jersey 1928 photo by William Maroulis
Smiths Marine Railway Winter 1976-1977 bottom being rebuilt and the stern changed from a canoe stern to a round stern. photo Butch Baxter
USNRF Section Base Five West Sayville, NY WWI, 1917-1918, photo courtesy Long Island Maritime Museum
Refurbishment back into a motoryacht in 1919, photo courtesy of the Mystic Seaport Museum, Rosenfeld Collection

The MAR-SUE is now 100 years old as of April 2015.

Design Specs

LOA:
67′ 
2″
Beam:
14′ 
6″
LWL:
65′ 
10″
Draft:
5′ 
0″
Design or Class: 
Old cruising houseboat style of the early 1900's
Former Name: 
MISTY ISLE
MAR-SUE II
JONBOB II, d) ROSALIE IV, c) PEQUEST,
SEE W. SEE, b) USS SEE W. SEE SP-740
Home Port: 
Chesapeake, VA
Designer: 
Willard F. Downs
Boat Type: 
cruiser
Rig: 
NA
Gross Displacement: 
36 tons
Sail Number: 
NA
Sail Area: 
NA
Number of Engines: 
one
Engine Model: 
Cat 3116
Total Engine Horsepower: 
350
Fuel Type: 
Diesel
Builder Name: 
Willard F. Downs
Location Built: 
Bay Shore, NY
Year Built: 
1915
Hull or Design No.: 
Does not have one
Documentation or State Reg. No.: 
213242
Owner Name: 
William L. Baxter
Owner Country: 
USA
Yacht Club: 
NA
Posted on:
Sun, 05/03/2015 - 1:40pm
Last modified on:
Wed, 05/06/2015 - 4:20pm

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