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Russ (SP 1151)


Motor Boat: Built in 1917 by Greenpoint Basin & Construction Co., Greenpoint, Long Island, NY; Acquired by the Navy, 9 August 1917; Renamed Russ (SP 1151), 28 November 1917; Russ was never commissioned in the U. S. Navy; Sold, 29 March 1921; Burned and sank, 27 March 1924 off St. John's Bar, FL.

Specifications: Displacement 14.5 t.; Length 60'; Beam 10'; Draft 3"; Speed 30 kts.; Complement eight; Armament, one 3-pounder and one machine gun.


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SP-689 106k Sailors on deck of Uncas (SP 689) amidships, probably at Greenport, Long Island, New York, circa summer 1917. The craft astern, bearing the number
"SP 63", is probably Greenport Hull 278, which later became Russ. She is definitely not USS Rivalen (SP-63).
Collection of Robert S. Waters. Donated by Mrs. Alice W. Thomas, 1972.
US Navy Photo NH 98347
Naval Historical Center
Russ 84k Greenport Hull 278 photographed in 1917, after she was completed by the Greenport Basin and Construction Company, Greenport, Long Island, New York, and probably after she was acquired by the U.S. Navy. The marking "S.P. 63" on her stern (partially lined out on the original print) is not her U.S. Navy number.
U.S.Navy Photo NH 101363
Naval Historical Center
Russ 64k At anchor, probably in Florida waters, circa 1917-1919.
U.S.Navy Photo NH 102167
Naval Historical Center
Russ 69k USS Russ (SP-1151), at left, and USS Velocipede (SP-1258), at right, at Miami, Florida, 27 June 1918.
U.S. Navy Photo 80-G-1017184
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Russ, built in 1917 as the wooden vedette boat No. 278 for the Imperial Russian Navy by Greenpoint Basin & Construotion Co., was acquired 9 August 1917 for U.S. Navy service as a patrol boat and renamed Russ 28 November l917.

Although assigned to the 3d Naval District, Russ was never commissioned in the U.S. Navy. She was sold 29 March 1921 to John Emile of Jaoksonville, Fla., for servioe as a yacht. Russ subsequently burned and sank 27 March 1924 off St. John's Bar, Fla., without loss of life.


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