Name USS See W. See Completed 1915 Commissioned 18 August 1917 | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 18 June 1917 Length 20 m | |
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Builder W. F. Downs, Bay Shore, New York | ||
USS See W. See (SP-740) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
See W. See was built in 1915 as a private motorboat of the same name by W. F. Downs at Bay Shore, New York. On 18 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Charles W. Cushman of Vernon, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS See W. See (SP-740) on 18 August 1917 with Chief Boatswain's Mate John H. Wilson, USNRF, in command.
See W. See operated from Section Base No. 5 on patrol duty off the entrance to New York Harbor for the rest of World War I.
See W. See was decommissioned on 13 December 1918, was stricken from the Navy List and returned to Cushman.
Ca. 1919, Cushman sold See W. See to T. K. Morris, who renamed her Pequest. She had many name changes in succeedung decades, being known successively as Rosalie IV, Jonbob II (she is known to have borne this name from at least 1950 until at least 1955), Mar-Sue II (from at least 1960 until at least 1975), and Misty Isle (at least in 1977). William L. "Butch" Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and apparently sometime after 1977 renamed her Mar-Sue.
As of 2010, Mar-Sue remains active in private use.