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USS Mistletoe (1872) 
Summary
The second USS Mistletoe was a wooden lighthouse tender built in 1872 by Robinson Hoffman and Company in Chester, Pennsylvania.[1]
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Mistletoe |
| Completed | 1872 |
| Commissioned | April 1917 |
| Decommissioned | July 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 455 tons |
| Length | 153 ft |
| Beam | 26 ft |
| Draft | 6 ft 9 in |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 20 |
| Armament | (As lighthouse tender) none |
Service history edit
The ship was operated by the Lighthouse Service of the Commerce Department. On 11 April 1917, she was transferred to the Navy with the entire Lighthouse Service by executive order.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Mistletoe served during World War I as a patrol boat out of Section Base No. 8, Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Following the end of the war, the vessel was returned to the custody of the Department of Commerce, 1 July 1919.
References edit
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- ^ "Lighthouse Tender Photo Archive". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 13 May 2020.