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See W. See (SP 740)

Call sign (1915):
Love - Fox - Jig - Vice

Motorboat:

Built in 1915 by W. F. Downs, Bay Shore, Long Island, NY

Acquired by the Navy 18 June 1917

Commissioned USS See W. See (SP 740), 18 August 1917

Decommissioned 13 December 1918

Struck from the Navy list 14 December 1918 and returned to her owner, Charles W. Cushman of Vernon, NY

Sold to S. K. Morris and renamed Pequest

Registered in 1927 to Louis Smyth of New York, NY as the yacht Pequest

Registered in 1931 to Henry E. Butler of Seabright, NJ as the yacht Jonob II

Subsequently renamed Rosalie IV and Misty Isle

Purchased by William L. "Butch" Baxter in 1975 and renamed Mar-Sue.

Specifications:

Displacement 26 t.

Length 65'

1927 - 54.6'

Beam 13' 1"

Draft 3' 8"

1927 - 5'

Complement: Four (1927)

1931 - One

Speed 12 kts.

Propulsion: One 100hp gasoline engine, one shaft.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS See W. See (SP 740)
	52k	c. Late summer 1917 U.S. Naval Reserve Force Section Base No. 5, West Sayville, Long Island, NY See W. See, the USS Sunbeam III (SP 251) and the USS Nemesis (SP 343) Photo courtesy of the Long Island Maritime Museum	William L. Baxter
Pequest
	311k	This ad was purchased on E-bay 9 May 2008 from "Vintage Vessels." It shows the SP-740 conversion from a naval vessel back into a motor yacht as depicted in this ad out of the 10 August 1919 issue Motor Boat Magazine. The ad states T. K. Morris as the owner, USCG Abstract of Title list S. K. Morris as the owner (Typo?)	William L. Baxter
	127k	c. 1919 Pequest © Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection, Mystic, CT, Negative No.2729	William L. Baxter
Jonbob II
	66k	c. 1950 Pamlico Sound, NC Note the lower rub guard, this was the main deck level prior to 1928. A huge transformation had taken place.	William L. Baxter
	74k	c. 1950 Pamlico Sound, NC
	66k	c. 1951 At the old sub chaser piers on Silver Lake, Ocracoke, NC. The little 3½ year old boy standing the door way on the *Miss Annie, is the current owner of the Mar-Sue*, "Butch" Baxter.
	74k	c. 1955
Mar-Sue II
	100k	c. 1960 On the Intercoastal Waterway in Virginia's North Landing River. You can see clearly in this photo where the deckhouse was extended in 1954.	William L. Baxter
	157k	c. 1975 Southern Branch Marina Chesapeake, VA (Now part of of River Walk subdivision) She is 60 years old in this photo and in need of some serious work at this time in her life.	William L. Baxter
Misty Isle
	206k	c. 1977 Smith's Marine Railway Grafton, York County, VA The old rotten canoe stern was removed and a round one built in it's place by Jack and K. T. Smith.	William L. Baxter
	230k	c. 1977 Knitting Mill Creek, off the Lafayette River Upon her return to Norfolk, VA. You can see the difference in the hull line with the rebuilt stern section	William L. Baxter
Mar-Sue
	66k	c. 1986 Chickahominy River, Virginia This is pretty much what she looks like today Photo by Joe Lowery	William L. Baxter
	120k	c. 1997 Cutty Sark Marina Norfolk, VA Up on blocks during routine bottom maintenance
	240k	11 August 2013 Leaving Cape Charles, VA Photo by Michael J. Stiglitz