USS Laura Reed

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USS Laura Reed (SP-2009).jpg
USS Laura Reed (SP-2009) at anchor shortly after her commissioning, possibly in late 1917.
History
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NameUSS Laura Reed
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1895
Acquired
  • Chartered 27 November 1917
  • Delivered 3 December 1917
Commissioned6 December 1917
FateReturned to owner 7 January 1919
NotesOperated as civilian schooner Laura Reed 1895-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage22 Gross register tons
Length52 ft (16 m)
Beam16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
Draft7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion Sails and auxiliary engine
Speed5 knots
Complement11
ArmamentNone

USS Laura Reed (SP-2009), also listed as ID-2009, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Laura Reed was built as a civilian schooner of the same name in 1895 at Noank, Connecticut. On 27 November 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, Henry L. Galpin of New Haven, Connecticut, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 30 November 1917, delivered to the Navy on 3 December 1917, and commissioned as USS Laura Reed (SP-2009) at New Haven on 6 December 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District and based at New Haven, Laura Reed operated as a patrol boat and as a training ship for the Yale University Naval Unit for the rest of World War I.

The Navy returned Laura Reed to Galpin on 7 January 1919.

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References

Laura Reed as a civilian schooner ca. 1917. Her section patrol number, 2009, is written on the photograph. Schooner Laura Reed.jpg
Laura Reed as a civilian schooner ca. 1917. Her section patrol number, 2009, is written on the photograph.
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