USS Pocomoke (SP-265)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Pocomoke.

Pocomoke during or before 1918.
Career (United States)
Name:	USS Pocomoke
Namesake:	Pocomoke City, Maryland (previous name retained)
Completed:	1902
Acquired:	8 June 1917
Commissioned:	29 June 1917
Reclassified:	From section patrol craft (SP-265) to district harbor tug (YT-43) 17 July 1920
Fate:	Sold 2 May 1922
Notes:	Operated as civilian tug Pocomoke 1902-1917
General characteristics
Type:	Minesweeper and tug
Displacement:	139 tons
Length:	115 ft (35 m)
Beam:	18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Draft:	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion:	Steam engine, one shaft
Speed:	9 knots
Armament:	2 x 1-pounder guns

The second USS Pocomoke (SP-265), later YT-43, was a United States Navy minesweeper and tug commissioned in 1917 and sold in 1922.

Pocomoke was built as a civilian tug of the same name in 1902 at Pocomoke City, Maryland. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, the Menhaden Products Company of Newport, Rhode Island, on 8 June 1917 for World War I service as a minesweeper. She was commissioned on 29 June 1917 as USS Pocomoke (SP-265).

During 1918 Pocomoke was assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England. She operated off the United States West Coast and Mexico in 1919. On 17 July 1920 was classified as a district harbor tug and redesignated YT–43.

Pocomoke was sold at San Francisco, California, on 2 May 1922.

Pocomoke should not be confused with USS Pocomoke (SP-571), a patrol vessel also in commission during World War I.

References

• This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive USS Pocomoke (YT-43) ex USS Pocomoke (SP-265) (1917 - 1920)