USS Sea Gull (SP-544)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Sea Gull.
The third USS Sea Gull (SP-544) was a wooden yacht in the United States Navy.
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Name | USS Sea Gull |
Builder | Greenport Basin and Construction Company, Long Island, New York |
Launched | 1902, as Heather |
Acquired | 1 June 1917, renamed Sea Gull |
Commissioned | 1 June 1917 |
Decommissioned | 27 November 1918 |
Stricken | 2 June 1919 |
Fate | Returned to owner |
General characteristics | |
Type | Wooden yacht |
Displacement | 20 long tons (20 t) |
Length | 58 ft 6 in (17.83 m) |
Beam | 13 ft (4.0 m) |
Draft | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
Speed | 9.5 knots (17.6 km/h; 10.9 mph) |
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Sea Gull was built during 1902 as Heather by the Greenport Basin and Construction Company, Long Island, New York, was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 1 June 1917 following the entry of the United States into World War I; and commissioned shortly afterward.