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| Name: | USS Pawnee |
| Builder: | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Launched: | 1904 |
| Acquired: | 26 June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 1 July 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold, 12 July 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol boat / minesweeper |
| Displacement: | 75 long tons (76 t) |
| Length: | 114 ft (35 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Complement: | 21 |
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USS Pawnee (SP-699), later USS SP-699, formerly named Monoloa II, a wooden-hulled yacht, was built in 1904 by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts; purchased by the Navy on 26 June 1917 from Gordon Dexter of Beverly, Massachusetts; and commissioned on 1 July 1917.
George Lawley & Son was a shipbuilding firm operating in Massachusetts from 1866 to 1945. It began in Scituate, then moved to Boston. After founder George Lawley (1823–1915) retired in 1890, his son, grandson and great-grandson upheld the business, which continued until 1945. Of the hundreds of ships built by the Lawleys, highlights include the yachts Puritan and Mayflower, respective winners of the 1885 and 1886 America's Cup.
Beverly is a city in Essex County, Massachusetts, and a suburb of Boston. The population was 39,502 at the 2010 census. A resort, residential, and manufacturing community on the Massachusetts North Shore, Beverly includes Ryal Side, Beverly Farms and Prides Crossing. Beverly is a rival of Marblehead for the title of being the birthplace of the U.S. Navy.
Pawnee subsequently had her name dropped in 1918 and was listed as SP–699. She was outfitted with sweep gear and served as a section minesweeper until she decommissioned and was sold on 12 July 1921 to George E. Johnson and O. T. Ledberg of Edgewood, Rhode Island.
