USS Pawnee (SP-699)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Pawnee.
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| Name: | USS Pawnee |
| Builder: | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | 1904 |
| Acquired: | 26 June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 1 July 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold, 12 July 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol boat / minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 75 long tons (76 t) |
| Length: | 114 ft (35 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 21 |
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USS Pawnee (SP-699), later USS SP-699, formerly named Monoloa II, a wooden-hulled yacht, was built in 1904 by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts; purchased by the Navy on 26 June 1917 from Gordon Dexter of Beverly, Massachusetts; and commissioned on 1 July 1917.
Pawnee subsequently had her name dropped in 1918 and was listed as SP–699. She was outfitted with sweep gear and served as a section minesweeper until she decommissioned and was sold on 12 July 1921 to George E. Johnson and O. T. Ledberg of Edgewood, Rhode Island.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Pawnee at NavSource Naval History
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