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USS S. T. Co. No. 2 (SP 267)

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Name
  
USS S. T. Co. No. 2

Completed
  
1898

Commissioned
  
27 September 1917

Weight
  
159.5 tons

Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Acquired
  
24 September 1917

Length
  
31 m

Builder
  
Charles Hillman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

USS S. T. Co. No. 2 (SP-267) was a United States Navy tug, dispatch boat, and minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.

S. T. Co. No. 2 was built as a commercial steam screw tug of the same name in 1898 by Charles Hillman at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Navy acquired her under charter from her owner, the Standard Transportation Company, on 24 September 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned on 27 September 1917 as USS S. T. Co. No. 2 (SP-267).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, S. T. Co. No. 2 operated in the Virginia Capes area and Chesapeake Bay for the remainder of World War I, serving as a tug, dispatch vessel, and minesweeper.

After the war, S. T. Co. No. 2 was returned to Standard Transportation on 23 June 1919.

References

USS S. T. Co. No. 2 (SP-267) Wikipedia


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