- USS Sea Gull (1902)
USS "Sea Gull" was a wooden
yacht in theUnited States Navy ."Sea Gull" was built during
1902 as "Heather" by the Greenport Yacht & Basin Co.,Long Island, New York , was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on1 June 1917 following the entry of theUnited States intoWorld War I ; and commissioned shortly afterward, Ensign Cheston M. Bryant in command.World War I East Coast operations
"Sea Gull" patrolled the waters of the
4th Naval District during herWorld War I service. Based atEssington ,Pennsylvania , she cruised off the Essington Shipbuilding Co. yard and its environs until the war's end.Return to Owner
Decommissioned at
Atlantic City, New Jersey , on27 November 1918 , she was ordered returned to her owner on2 June 1919 and struck from theNavy list .References
ee also
*
List of United States Navy ships
*World War I External links
* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
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