USS Hurst (SP-3196)

The first USS Hurst (SP-3196) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Hurst.
Hurst as a civilian motorboat in 1918.
History
United States
Name: USS Hurst
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: W. F. Dunn, Norfolk, Virginia
Completed: 1918
Acquired: 22[1] or 23[2] August 1918
Commissioned: 22[1][3] August 1918
Fate: Transferred to U.S. Public Health Service 15 November 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 17[1][4] or 35[5] gross tons
Length: 62 ft 7 in (19.08 m)[1] or 69 ft 7 in (21.21 m)[5]
Beam: 12 ft 8 in (3.86 m)[1] or 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)[5]
Draft: 4 ft (1.2 m)[5] or 5 ft (1.5 m)[1]
Speed: 11[5] or 15[1] knots
Armament: 1 × 3-pounder gun[5]

Hurst was built in 1918 as a private motorboat by W. F. Dunn at Norfolk, Virginia. On 22[1] or 23[2] August 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, T. C. Hurst of Norfolk, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day[6][7] as USS Hurst (SP-3196) with Boatswain's Mate 2nd Class Raymond Cash in command.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Hurst served as a transportation and dispatch boat in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area for the District Supervisor, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, until she was transferred to the United States Public Health Service on 15 November 1919.

Notes
  1. "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships".
  2. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919
  3. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919 states that the Navy acquired Hurst on 23 August 1918 and gives no specific commissioning date.
  4. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919
  5. "NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Hurst (SP 3196)".
  6. http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h9/hurst-i.htm
  7. 22 August 1918 according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919 states that the Navy acquired Hurst on 23 August 1918 but gives no specific commissioning date.

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