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Privateer (SP / YP 179)
Privateer, was built in 1917 by Gas Engine and Power Co., and C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY, for R. A. C. Smith; delivered under charter to the Navy, 25 May 1917; and commissioned Privateer (SP 179), 15 August 1917. Privateer was immediately assigned to the 3rd Naval District where she served on section patrol for most of World War I. On 15 June 1918 she escorted the new submarines N-4 and N-7 from Bridgeport, CT to the New York Navy Yard. In early 1919 she was attached to the Rockaway Naval Air Station, Rockaway, NY. Privateer was ordered 28 July 1919 to Squadron 19, 3rd District Naval Force where she remained until January 1930. During this period she was reclassified YP-179. Privateer decommissioned at Norfolk, VA, 5 February 1930 was struck from the Navy Register, 7 March 1930; and was transferred to United States Shipping Board 30 June 1930. Fate unknown.
Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 13'; Draft 4' 6"; Speed 22 kts; Armament one 6-pounder and two machine guns.
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Photographed in 1917 by Morris Rosenfeld, New York. USN Photograph NH 96621 |
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Photographed in 1917 with the armored cruiser San Diego (CA 6) or South Dakota (CA 9). USN Photograph NH 96622 |
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