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USS Spartan (SP 336)

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Name
  
USS Spartan

Completed
  
1912

Commissioned
  
22 September 1917

Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Acquired
  
27 April 1917

Length
  
32 m

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Fate
  
Returned to owner 20 September 1919; hulk still afloat as of February 2008

Builder
  
Skinner Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company

USS Spartan (SP-336) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

Spartan was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1912 by the Skinner Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company at Baltimore, Maryland. On 27 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, the H. & N.Y. Transportation Company of New York City, for naval use during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Spartan (SP-336) on 22 September 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Spartan spent the next two years on minesweeping duty in the New York City area. On 20 September 1919, she was returned to H. & N.Y. Transportation; her name subsequently was stricken from the Navy List.

As of ca. February 2008, Spartan's hulk was photographed still afloat at Donjon Marine Yard (formally Whitte Brothers Marine Scrap Yard) at Rossville, Staten Island, New York.

References

USS Spartan (SP-336) Wikipedia