USS John Sealy (SP-568)
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS John Sealy[2] or John Sealey[3] |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Completed | 1910 |
Acquired | 25 April 1917 |
Fate | Returned to owner 10 August 1917[1] |
Notes | Operated as commercial tug John Sealy or John Sealey from 1910 until April 1917 and from August 1917 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Minesweeper |
Tonnage | 113 gross register tons |
Length | 88 ft 10 in (27.08 m) |
Beam | 20 ft 6 in (6.25 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
Propulsion | One 350 indicated horsepower (261-kilowatt) steam engine, one shaft |
Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | 12 |
Armament | 2 × 1-pounder guns |
USS John Sealy (SP-568),[4] also spelled John Sealey,[5] was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission during 1917.
John Sealy was built as a commercial steam tug of the same name in 1910 at , Louisiana. On 25 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, D. M. Picton, for use as a minesweeper on the section patrol during World War I. She was commissioned as USS John Sealy (SP-568).
After brief service as a minesweeper, John Sealy was returned to her owner on 10 August 1917.[6]
Notes[]
- ^ SP-568 John Sealy at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568); theDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm states that John Sealy was returned to her owner in "early 1918," but the 10 August 1917 date appears to be an update and correction of that assertion.
- ^ SP-568 John Sealy at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568)
- ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm; the spelling John Sealy probably is an update and correction of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships spelling.
- ^ SP-568 John Sealy at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568)
- ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm; the spelling John Sealy probably is an update and correction of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships spelling.
- ^ SP-568 John Sealy at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599 and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568); theDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm states that John Sealy was returned to her owner in "early 1918," but the 10 August 1917 date appears to be an update and correction of that assertion.
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- SP-568 John Sealy at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568)
Categories:
- Minesweepers of the United States Navy
- World War I minesweepers of the United States
- Ships built in Louisiana
- 1910 ships