Name USS Crest Completed 1911 Commissioned 8 May 1917 Length 38 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 1917 Decommissioned 28 January 1919 | |
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USS Crest (SP-339) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Crest was built in 1911 as a commercial fishing trawler 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 with Lieutenant, junior grade, P. C. Shea, USNRF, in command.
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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