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USS Mustang (SP-36)

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USS Mustang (SP-36)
Mustang as a private pleasure craft prior to her U.S. Navy service
History
United States
NameUSS Mustang
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderNational Boat and Electric Company, St. Joseph, Michigan
Completed1911
Acquired6 July 1917
Commissioned2 October 1917
StrickenJune 1919
FateSold 23 July 1919
NotesOperated as private yacht Mustang 1911-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage37 Gross register tons
Length65 ft (20 m)
Beam12 ft 6 in (3.81 m)
Draft7 ft (2.1 m)
PropulsionGasoline engine
Speed12 knots
Complement9
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

The first USS Mustang (SP-36) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Mustang was a wooden-hulled, gasoline-powered yacht built in 1911 by National Boat and Electric Company at St. Joseph, Michigan. The U.S. Navy purchased Mustang from her owner, Henry S. Beardsley of New York City, on 6 July 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Mustang (SP-36) on 2 October 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Mustang operated out of Section Base No. 7 at Whitestone on Long Island, New York, for the remainder of World War I. She patrolled the western reaches of Long Island Sound and the approaches to the East River.

At some point following the Armistice that ended the war on 11 November 1918, Mustang was decommissioned. Stricken from the Navy List in June 1919, she was sold to Allen N. Spooner & Son of New York City on 23 July 1919.

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