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Joseph F. Bellows (SP 323)


Built in 1912 by E. J. Tull, Pocomoke City, MD; Acquired by the Navy, May 1917; Commissioned, 18 May 1917; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Navy Register, (date unknown); Sold, 2 July 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 315 t.; Length 162'; Beam 24'; Draft 14'; Speed 13 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament
one 6-pounder.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Joseph F. Bellows (SP-323), a fishing steamer built in 1912 by E. J. Tull, Pocomoke City, Md., was acquired by the Navy from Bellows and Squires, Inc., Ocran, Va., In May 1917. She commissioned 18 May 1917, Ens. T. C. Christopher, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 5th Navul District at Norfolk, Joseph F. Bellows operated as a mine sweeper off Cape Henry and in the convoy channel to Hampton Roads. After the armistice she acted as a lightship tender and a supply ship until being sold 2 July 1919 to NcNeal Dodson Co., Inc., Reedville, Va.


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