USS Sea Gull (SP-544)
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| Name: | USS Sea Gull |
| Builder: | Greenport Yacht & Basin Company, Long Island, New York |
| Launched: | 1902, as Heather |
| Acquired: | 1 June 1917, renamed Sea Gull |
| Commissioned: | 1 June 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 27 November 1918 |
| Struck: | 2 June 1919 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner |
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| Type: | Wooden yacht |
| Displacement: | 20 long tons (20 t) |
| Length: | 58 ft 6 in (17.83 m) |
| Beam: | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Draft: | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Speed: | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
| Armament: |
1 × 1-pounder gun 1 × .30 caliber machine-gun |
The third USS Sea Gull (SP-544) was a wooden yacht in the United States Navy.
Sea Gull was built during 1902 as Heather by the Greenport Yacht & Basin Co., Long Island, New York, was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 1 June 1917 following the entry of the United States into World War I; and commissioned shortly afterward, Ensign Cheston M. Bryant in command.
World War I operations
Sea Gull patrolled the waters of the 4th Naval District during her World War I service. Based at Essington, Pennsylvania, she cruised off the Essington Shipbuilding Co. yard and its environs until the war's end.
Decommissioned at Atlantic City, New Jersey, on 27 November 1918, she was ordered returned to her owner on 2 June 1919 and struck from the Navy List.
References
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
See also
External links
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
- Photo gallery at navsource.org
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