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Seneca (SP 427)


Built in 1888 at Boston, MA; Acquired by the Navy, 7 May 1917; Commissioned USS Seneca (SP 427), 18 July 1917; Renamed SP-427, (date unknown); Decommissioned, 2 January 1919; Struck from the Naval Register, 6 January 1919 and returned to her owner. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 157 t.; Length 150'; Beam 20"; Draft 10' 6"; Speed 18 kts.unknown; Complement 33; Armament two 6-pounders.
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Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Seneca (SP-427), a steam yacht built in Boston Mass., in 1888, was acquired by the Navy from the Johnson Lighterage Co., on 7 May 1917, and commissioned on 18 July 1917, Boatswain Thomas Winant, USNRF, in command.

Seneca (later known simply as SP-427 served as a section minesweeper based at Tomkinsville, Staten Island, N.Y. during World War I. The ship was decommissioned on 2 January 1919; her name was struck from the Navy list on 6 January 1919; and she was returned to her owner the same day.


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