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

History
United States
Name	USS S. T. Co. No. 2
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Completed	1898
Acquired	24 September 1917
Commissioned	27 September 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 23 June 1919
Notes	Operated as commercial tug S. T. Co. No. 2 1898-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Tug, dispatch boat, and Minesweeper
Displacement	157 tons
Length	101 ft 0 in (30.78 m)
Beam	22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
Draft	10 ft 5 in (3.18 m) (mean)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	10 knots
Complement	13
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns

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 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The U.S. Navy acquired her under charter from her owner, the , 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[]

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive S. T. Co. No. 2 (SP 267)