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USS Edgar F. Coney (SP 346)

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Name
  
USS Edgar F. Coney

Completed
  
1904

Commissioned
  
22 September 1917

Builder
  
John B. Dialogue & Sons

Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Acquired
  
22 September 1917

Decommissioned
  
5 July 1919

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USS Edgar F. Coney (SP-346) was an armed tug that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

Edgar F. Coney was built as a commercial steam tug of the same name in 1904 by John B. Dialogue & Sons at Camden, New Jersey, for the South Atlantic Towboat Company. On 22 September 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner - by then Philip Shore of Tampa, Florida - for use during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Edgar F. Coney (SP-346).

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Edgar F. Coney was based at Tompkinsville, Staten Island, New York. She carried out towing duties in the New York City area for the remainder of World War I and into 1919.

Edgar F. Coney was decommissioned on 5 July 1919 and returned to her owner the same day. She returned to commercial service, and sank in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Florida on 1 February 1930 with the loss of 14 crew members.

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USS Edgar F. Coney (SP-346) Wikipedia