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SP-582
ex-Halcyon II (SP-582)


Patrol Yacht: Built as the yacht Halcyon II in 1907 by the Charles Seabury Gas Engine and Power Co., Morris Heights, NY; Acquired by the Navy in August 1917; Commissioned USS Halcyon II (SP 582), 15 December 1917 at the Boston Navy Yard; Renamed SP-582, early 1918; Rammed, 4 June 1919 and deteremined to be unserviceable; Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1919; Sold 4 December 1919 to her former owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement, 161 tons; Length, 140'; Beam, 18' 3"; Draft, 5'; Speed, 15 kts; Complement, unknown; Armament, two 3-pounders.


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Halcyon II 77k Photographed in icy water during the winter of 1917-18, probably at Boston, Massachusetts. When this view was taken, she may still have been USS Halcyon II (SP-582) as her name was not changed to SP-582 until early 1918.
U.S. Navy photo NH 101820.
Naval Historical Center
Halcyon II 68k Photographed circa 1918-19 at Wakefield, Massachusetts, by Alton H. Blackington, of Boston.
U.S. Navy photo NH 42546.
Naval Historical Center

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