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USS Charles P. Crawford (SP 366)

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Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Acquired
  
8 May 1917

Length
  
30 m

Completed
  
1915

Commissioned
  
22 September 1917

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Name
  
USS Charles P. Crawford

Fate
  
Returned to owners 12 August 1919

Builder
  
Staten Island Shipbuilding Company

USS Charles P. Crawford (SP-366) was a United States Navy minesweeper and tug in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Charles P. Crawford was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1915 by the Staten Island Shipbuilding Company in New York City, for the Erie Railroad Company, New York City. On 8 May 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her for use as a minesweeper and tug during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 September 1917 as USS Charles P. Crawford (SP-366) with Boatswain G. W. Caddell in command.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Charles P. Crawford performed minesweeping, towing, and general transportation duties in the New York City area for the remainder of World War I and into 1919.

The Navy returned Charles P. Crawford to the Erie Railroad Company on 12 August 1919.

References

USS Charles P. Crawford (SP-366) Wikipedia