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USS Louise No. 2
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Louise No. 2 (SP-1230), sometimes written Louise # 2 and also referred to during her naval career as Louise and as Pilot Boat No. 2, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. The Louise, was a pilot boat from 1900 to 1917. She was a replacement for the pilot boat Columbia, that was washed ashore in 1898. After the World War I the Louise returned to pilot service until 1924 when she was purchased as a yacht. In 1924, the Boston pilot boat Pilot, took the place of the Louise.
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![]() Louise No. 2 around the time of acquisition by the United States Navy in September 1917 | |
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Name | USS Louise No. 2 |
Namesake | John C. Fawcett's daughter |
Owner | Joseph Fawcett, John C. Fawcett, William V. Abbott, Bruce B. McLean, and Watson S. Dolliver |
Operator | Watson S. Dolliver, William V. Abbott, Joseph Fawcett, and John C. Fawcett |
Builder | Ambrose A. Martin, East Boston, Massachusetts |
Launched | 30 April 1900 |
Christened | 30 April 1900 |
Completed | 1900 |
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Commissioned | 20 September 1917 |
Decommissioned | 14 January 1919 |
Fate | Returned to owner 14 January 1919 |
Notes | Operated as civilian schooner-rigged pilot boat Louise No. 2 1900-1917 and from 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Tonnage | 73 Gross register tons |
Displacement | 73 ft (22 m) |
Length | 104 ft (32 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) |
Propulsion | Sails plus auxiliary engine |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
Speed | 9 knots |
Complement | 16 |
Armament | 1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) machine gun |
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