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.