USS Sea Gull (SP-223)

The second USS Sea Gull (SP-223) was a wooden yacht in the United States Navy.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Sea Gull.
History
Name: USS Sea Gull
Builder: New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co., Morris Heights, New York
Laid down: 1910, as Tonis
Acquired: 18 May 1917, renamed Sea Gull
In service: 16 May 1917
Out of service: 1918
Fate: Scrapped, 6 April 1920
General characteristics
Type: Wooden yacht
Displacement: 38 long tons (39 t)
Length: 83 ft (25 m)
Beam: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft: 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m)
Depth of hold: 6 ft (1.8 m)
Speed: 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement: Varied
Armament: 1 × 1-pounder gun

Sea Gull was built during 1910 as Tonis by New York Yacht, Launch, & Engine Co., Morris Heights, New York, was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 28 April 1917 following the entry of the United States into World War I. Placed in service on 16 May 1917, Boatswain George V. Lewis, USNR, in charge, she was officially acquired by the US Navy on 18 May 1917.

World War I East Coast Assignment

Sea Gull patrolled the waters of the 5th Naval District during her World War I service. She was based at Hampton Roads, Virginia, until 3 July 1918 when she was transferred to Baltimore, Maryland.

Deactivation

Placed out of service late in 1918, Sea Gull was struck from the Navy List; sold for scrapping to J.W. Dennis of Ocean View, Virginia, and removed from her US Navy berth on 6 April 1920.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.

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