USS Relief (YP-2)
The third USS Relief (YP-2) was a lookout station tender that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1921.
.jpg) USS Relief (YP-2), possibly during her 1917-1921 U.S. Navy service | |
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Relief |
| Namesake: | Aid given in time of need |
| Completed: | 1910 |
| Acquired: | 13 June 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold 4 June 1921 |
| Notes: | Privately operated 1910-1917; in commercial use 1921-1946, then became yacht |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Lookout station tender |
| Tonnage: | 10 |
| Length: | 35 ft (11 m) (reg) |
| Beam: | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
| Capacity: | 6 passengers and crew |
| Armament: | none |
Relief was a wooden private motorboat built during 1910 at Yarmouth, Maine. Ensign Walter G. Richardson purchased her for the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 13 June 1917 with funds furnished by the Bar Harbor War Relief Committee of Bar Harbor, Maine, for use as a tender to the lookout station at Crumple Island, Maine. In 1920 she was designated YP-2.
Relief was sold on 4 June 1921 to Gus Potter of Yonkers, New York, remaining on mercantile registers until 1946 when she was transferred to exempt status as a yacht.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.
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