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USS Sister

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Sister as a commercial tug, hauled out of the water sometime between 1882 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Sister
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1882
Acquired
  • Delivered May 1917
  • Purchased 29 June 1917
Commissioned11 June 1917
Stricken17 June 1919
FateSold 10 March[1] or 3 October[2] 1920
NotesOperated as commercial tug Sister 1882-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage49 Gross register tons
Length72 ft (22 m)
Beam14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draft6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed12 knots
Complement7
Armament1 × 3-pounder gun

USS Sister (SP-822) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Sister was built as a small commercial steam tug of the same name in 1882. She was based at Madisonville, Louisiana, in May 1917 when the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, L. F. Young of Madisonville, for use during World War I. She was assigned the section patrol number 822 and commissioned as USS Sister (SP-822) on 11 June 1917. The Navy formally purchased her from Young on 29 June 1917.

Assigned to the 8th Naval District, Sister served as a tug and freight boat for the rest of World War I and into 1919. One source[3] claims that she also carried out patrol duties.

Sister was stricken from the Navy List on 17 June 1919 and sold to Armond Mayville of Algiers, Louisiana, on either 10 March[4] or 3 October[5] 1920

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Sister as a commercial tug sometime between 1882 and 1917.