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A damaged photograph of USS Coyote in the boat basin at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, ca. 1917. She is still in her civilian paint scheme, with Coyote of Chicago painted on her stern. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Coyote |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Completed | 1897 |
Acquired | 7 April 1917 |
Commissioned | 7 April 1917 |
Stricken | 17 June 1919 |
Fate | Sold 13 December 1919 |
Notes | Operated as private motorboat 1897-1917 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel, training vessel, and supply boat |
Length | 89 ft (27 m) |
Armament | 2 × 1-pounder guns |
USS Coyote (SP-84) was United States Navy patrol boat, training vessel and supply boat in commission from 1917 to 1919.
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Coyote was assigned to the 9th Naval District for patrol duty at Great Lakes Naval Training Station at Great Lakes, Illinois, and at Chicago, Illinois. She also was used also to instruct enlisted men and transport supplies, being laid up each winter when the Great Lakes iced over.
Coyote was stricken from the Navy List on 17 June 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.
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