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Peter H. Crowell (ID 2987)


Collier: Built in 1912 by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA; Acquired by the Navy 20 December 1917 and commissioned the same day at the Boston Navy Yard; Decommissioned 20 March 1919 at New York and returned to her owner, the Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Co., Boston, MA the same day. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 7,700 t.; Length 328'; Beam 46' 1"; Draft 22'; Speed 9 kts.; Complement 71; Armament one 5" and one 3".


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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Peter H. Crowell (No. 2987), a service collier, was built in 1912 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, Va., for the Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Co., Boston, Mass. Acquired by the Navy from Crowell and Thurlow Steamship Co., she commissioned into NOTS at the Boston Navy Yard 20 December 1917.

Commencing in February 1918, Peter H. Crowell made several cargo runs to France. Normally she joined up with a convoy at New York and steamed for St. Nazaire France. She returned from her last NOTS European voyage 11 November 1918.

Overhaul at New York was followed by a call at San Diego, Calif. where Peter H. Crowell delivered cargo 14 January 1919. She then returned to New York, decommissioned there 20 March, and was returned to her owner the same day.


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