Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online:
Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive

Cigarette (SP 1234)



Call sign:
George - Quack - King - Rush
Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1905 by George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA for C. A. Wood of Cambridge, MA
  • Acquired by the Navy 17 September 1917
  • Commissioned USS Cigarette (SP 1234), 19 September 1917
  • Decommissioned in July 1919
  • Sold 29 October 1920 and renamed Pocantico
  • Scrapped in 1930.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 99 t.
  • Length 125' 4"
  • Beam 14' 8"
  • Draft 4' 3"
  • Speed 22 kts.
  • Complement 21
  • Armament: One 1-pounder
  • Propulsion: Two triple-expansion steam engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Cigarette 86k At the George Lawley & Son shipyard, Neponsett, Massachusetts, probably while being prepared for Navy service, circa June 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99910    		 Naval Historical Center
    Cigarette 101k Docked at a New England port, circa summer 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99909
    Cigarette 73k Photographed in port, prior to her World War I era Naval service. The photograph has been roughly retouched to indicate Cigarette's mast and to note a mast belonging to another craft.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101398
    Cigarette 102k At Essex, Connecticut, circa summer 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99911
    Cigarette 103k Crewmen "taking life easy" on deck, probably at Essex, Connecticut, circa summer 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99914
    Cigarette 78k "Preparing to sail" probably at Essex, Connecticut, circa summer 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99916
    Cigarette 103k Airing bedding on her after awning frame, while in a New England port, circa summer 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99919
    Cigarette 120k In port, probably at Essex, Connecticut, circa summer 1917.
    Collection of George K. Beach..
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99923
    Cigarette 74k Boatswain Merrill Greenleaf, USNRF on board USS Cigarette (SP-1234), circa summer 1917
    Collection of George K. Beach
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 99907    		 Bill Gonyo
    Cigarette 71k In port, circa 1917. Photograph may have been taken at the Boston Navy Yard on or about 17 September 1917, when Cigarette was delivered to the Navy. Masts in the right center distance appear to belong to USS Constitution.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 99888    		 Naval Historical Center
    View the Cigarette (SP 1234)
    DANFS history entry located on the Naval Historical Center web site
    Back To The Main Photo Index Back To the Patrol Craft/Gunboat/Submarine Chaser Ship Type Index Back to the Section Patrol Craft (SP) Photo Index
    Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster
    This page created and maintained by Joseph M. Radigan
    All pages copyright NavSource Naval History