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Mustang (SP 36)


Yacht: Built in 1911 by the National Boat & Electric Co., St. Joseph, MI; Acquired by the Navy 6 July 1917; Commissioned 2 October 1917; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Navy Register, (date unknown); Sold 23 June 1919 to Allen N. Spooner and Son, New York City. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 37 t.; Length 65'; Beam 12' 6"; Draft 7'; Speed 12 kts.; Complement nine; Armament one 1-pounder.


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Mustang 133k Underway prior to World War I.
USN Photo NH 100219
Naval Historical Center
Blue Bird 172k In port, circa the late summer or fall of 1918. USS Progressive (ID 2003) is tied up alongside Westchester (SP 3103). The bow of Blue Bird (SP 465) is visible at left. Mustang is in the left middle distance.
USN Photo NH 102370
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: The first Mustang (SP-36), a wooden-hulled, gas-powered yacht, was built by National Boat & Electric Co., St. Joseph, Mich., in 1911; purchased by the Navy from her owner, Henry S. Beardsley of New York City, 6 July 1917; and commissioned 2 October 1917, Chief Boatswain A. Daunt, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 3d Naval District, Mustang operated out of Section Base No. 7, Whitestone, Long Island, during World War I. She patrolled the western reaches of Long Island Sound and the approaches to the East River. Following the Armistice, she was sold to Allen N. Spooner & Son of New York City 23 July 1919.


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