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SP-1014 / AT-57 Sea Rover


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

World War I Victory Medal (with Patrol clasp)

Sea Rover Class Fleet Tug:
  • Built in 1902 as Sea Rover at Fulton Iron Works, San Francisco, CA.
  • Purchased by the US Navy, 11 December 1917
  • Commissioned, USS Sea Rover (SP-1014), 31 January 1918, LTjg. F. M. Cook, USNRF, in command
  • Designated AT-57, 1 July 1920
  • Decommissioned and laid up in reserve, 4 March 1921, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1922
  • Sold 25 February 1922, to R. W. Greene, San Francisco
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1949
    Specifications:
    Displacement 199 t.
    Length 121'
    Beam 24' 6"
    Draft 14'
    Speed 10 kts.
    Complement 20
    Armament 1 3", 2 mgs.
    Propulsion steam

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    Sea Rover 66k Color-tinted photograph of the civilian tug SS Sea Rover taken prior to World War I, probably in San Francisco Bay.
    US Navy photo # NH 103409-KN from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
    Ramon Jackson

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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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