- USS Sentinel (SP-180)
USS "Sentinel" (SP-180) was the first
U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name. It was amotorboat built in 1917 by Pacific Shipyards and Ways Co.,Alameda, California and was purchased by theUnited States Navy from W. G. Tibbetts on 9 August 1917 and commissioned the same day, Ensign C. A. Lundquist, USNRF, in command.World War I Operations
USS Sentinel operated in
San Francisco Bay during and afterWorld War I , patrolling the harbor entrance and assisting small vessels.Decommissioning
She was decommissioned on 20 March 1919, transferred to the
United States Coast Guard on 18 September 1919, and renamedTulare . She was again renamedAB-14 on 6 November 1923, and remained in service until 1934.References
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United States Navy
*United States Coast Guard
*World War I
*Patrol Boat
*Motorboat External links
*cite web | accessdate= 2008-02-18
url= http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s9/sentinel-i.htm
title= "Sentinel"
work= DANFS
publisher= U.S.Naval Historical Center
*cite web | accessdate= 2008-02-18
url= http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170180.htm
title= "Sentinel"
work= Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive | publisher= NavSource Online
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