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Ardent (SP 680)


Fishing Steamer: Built in 1902 by the Greenport Basin and Construction Co., Greenport, Long Island, NY; Acquired by the Navy 11 June 1917; Commissioned 15 August 1917; Decommissioned in 1921; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Sold 16 May 1921 to Wigo Rasmussen, Brooklyn, NY.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 293 t.; Length 106' 2"; Beam 22'; Draft 5' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement 20; Armament two 1-pounders.


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Ardent 191k Fulton (AS 1) at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut, during World War I. Ardent is partially visible on the opposite side of the pier.
U.S. Navy photo NH 53972
Naval Historical Center
Ardent 146k Fulton (Submarine Tender # 1) at the Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut, during the World War I period. A motor launch is in the center foreground, and Ardent is at the right.
U.S. Navy photo NH 93121
Naval Historical Center
Ardent 120k Off the Naval Submarine Base New London, Groton, Connecticut, circa 1918.
Photographed by LaTour.
U.S. Navy photo NH 45275
Naval Historical Center

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