USS John Sealy

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NameUSS John Sealy [1] or John Sealey [2]
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1910
Acquired25 April 1917
FateReturned to owner 10 August 1917 [3]
NotesOperated as commercial tug John Sealy or John Sealey from 1910 until April 1917 and from August 1917
General characteristics
Type Minesweeper
Tonnage113 gross register tons
Length88 ft 10 in (27.08 m)
Beam20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draft9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
PropulsionOne 350 indicated horsepower (261-kilowatt) steam engine, one shaft
Speed10 knots
Complement12
Armament2 × 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 West Lake, 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

  1. ↑ SP-568John 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)
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ SP-568John 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.
  4. ↑ SP-568John 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)
  5. ↑ 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.
  6. ↑ SP-568John 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.

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