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USS Crest 
Summary
USS Crest (SP-339) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.
 USS Crest. The photograph is annotated "WHITECAP S.P. 340" because of Crest's similarity of design to patrol vessel USS Whitecap (SP-340).
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Crest |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Commissioned | 8 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 28 January 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owners April 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as commercial fishing trawler[1] Crest 1911–1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minesweeper |
| Tonnage | 244 tons |
| Length | 126 ft (38 m) |
| Beam | 22 ft 5 in (6.83 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 21 |
| Armament | 1 × 3-pounder gun |
Crest was built in 1911 as a commercial fishing trawler[2] of the same name at Quincy, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy chartered Crest in 1917 for World War I service and commissioned her as USS Crest (SP-339) on 8 May 1917.
Fitted out as a minesweeper and assigned to the 1st Naval District, Crest carried out minesweeping, patrol, escort, and rescue operations along the coast of northern New England during World War I.
Crest was decommissioned on 28 January 1919 and returned to her owners in April 1919.
Notes edit
- ^ Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."
- ^ Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."
References edit
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Crest (SP-339), 1917–1919
- NavSource Onlline: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Crest (SP 339)