From a comment….
“This boat is called the Miss America VIII and was build in 1929 to be the fastest boat on planet earth. It is fitted with twin V16 Miller engines that combined deliver approx. 3.600 horsepower. In 1931 it topped out at 104mph on the Harlem river. Even though that is eye watering fast – especially for its time – the boat never obtained any actual world speed record. It did however win the Harmsworth trophy twice. It was designed and build by Gar Wood and Napoleon Lisee. Lastly, the current world speed record on water is 317.6mph. Achieved by Ken Warby in his Spirit of Australia in 1978.”