USS W. L. Messick

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NameUSS W. L. Messick
NamesakePrevious name retained
OwnerJoseph F. Bellows
Builder Smith and McCoy, Norfolk, Virginia
Completed1911
Acquired7 April 1917
Commissioned7 April 1917
FateSold 27 August 1919
General characteristics
Type Minesweeper
Tonnage237 tons gross
Length145 ft 0 in (44.20 m)
Beam23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
Draft9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) mean
Propulsion Steam engine
Complement36
Armament1 × 6-pounder gun

USS W. L. Messick (SP-322) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

W. L. Messick was a wooden-hulled, screw steamer built in 1911 at Norfolk, Virginia, by Smith and McCoy. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 7 April 1917 from Joseph H. Bellows of Reedville, Virginia, for World War I service. Commissioned as USS W. L. Messick on the same day and classified as SP-322, she was assigned to the 5th Naval District and served as a minesweeper in the Virginia Capes area for the duration of World War I. She was subsequently decommissioned and sold on 27 August 1919 to her former owner

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