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USS Crest

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USS Crest. The photograph is annotated "WHITECAP S.P. 340" because of Crest's similarity of design to patrol vessel USS Whitecap (SP-340).
History
United States
NameUSS Crest
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1911
Acquired1917
Commissioned8 May 1917
Decommissioned28 January 1919
FateReturned to owners April 1919
NotesOperated as commercial fishing trawler[1] Crest 1911–1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Tonnage244 tons
Length126 ft (38 m)
Beam22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Draft13 ft (4.0 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement21
Armament1 × 3-pounder gun

USS Crest (SP-339) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Crest was built in 1911 as a commercial fishing trawler[2] of the same name at Quincy, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy chartered Crest in 1917 for World War I service and commissioned her as USS Crest (SP-339) on 8 May 1917.

Fitted out as a minesweeper and assigned to the 1st Naval District, Crest carried out minesweeping, patrol, escort, and rescue operations along the coast of northern New England during World War I.

Crest was decommissioned on 28 January 1919 and returned to her owners in April 1919.

Notes

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  1. ^ Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."
  2. ^ Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."

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