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Laura Reed (SP 2009)


Built in 1895 at Noak, CT; Acquired by the Navy, 3 December 1917; Commissioned USS Laura Reed (SP 2009), 6 December 1917 at New Haven, CT; Returned to her owner, 7 January 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 22 t.; Length 52'; Beam 16' 2"; Draft 7' 6"; Speed five kts.; Complement 11; Armament none; Propulsion unknown.
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Laura Reed 59k Photographed circa 1917. The bow of USS Hopestill (SP-191) is visible at left.
USN Photograph NH 101798
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Laura Reed, an auxilary schooner, was built in 1895 in Noak, Conn.; chartered by the Navy 27 November 1917 from her owner, Henry L. Galpin, New Haven, Conn.; enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve 30 November 1917; taken over 3 December; and commissioned 6 December 1917 at New Haven, Boatswain's Mate Sydney B. Dexter, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 3d Naval District, New York, Laura Reed operated out of New Haven as a patrol boat and a training boat for Yale University Naval Unit. After the Armistice she was returned to her owner 7 January 1919.

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