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USS Minnemac II

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Minnemac II in civilian use sometime between 1914 and 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service as USS Minnemac II.
History
United States
NameUSS Minnemac II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGeorge Lawley and Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1914
Acquired7 May 1917
Commissioned5 July 1917
FateReturned to owner 13 January 1919
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Minnemac II 1914-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage78 Gross register tons
Length78 ft 4 in (23.88 m)
Beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m)
Speed13 knots
Complement9
Armament

USS Minnemac II (SP-202) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Minnemac II as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1914 and 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service.

Minnemac II was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1914 by George Lawley and Sons at Neponset, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Arthur J. Eddy of Chicago, Illinois on 7 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was enrolled in the Naval Defense Reserve Force on 3 July 1917 and commissioned as USS Minnemac II (SP-202) on 5 July 1917.

Assigned to the Great Lakes, Minnemac II patrolled the waters of Lake Michigan out of her assigned section patrol base.

Following the end of World War I, Minnemac II was returned to her owner on 13 January 1919.

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