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USS Crest
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USS Crest (SP-339) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.

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Crest was built in 1911 as a commercial fishing trawler[2] of the same name at Quincy, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy chartered Crest in 1917 for World War I service and commissioned her as USS Crest (SP-339) on 8 May 1917.

Fitted out as a minesweeper and assigned to the 1st Naval District, Crest carried out minesweeping, patrol, escort, and rescue operations along the coast of northern New England during World War I.

Crest was decommissioned on 28 January 1919 and returned to her owners in April 1919.

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