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USS Augusta (SP-946)

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was moored at Palacios, Texas in the mid-1950s when damaged during a storm and sunk at the pier. The owner at that time declined to raise the hull and she was sold for salvage. She was pumped out, interior furnishings were removed and the hull pulled up on the shore for final salvage. The shafts,
40:(American Motor Yacht, 1912) In port, probably in the vicinity of Houston, Texas, prior to her World War I era Naval service. This craft was leased by the Navy on 1 August 1917 and placed in commission as USS 297:, on harbor patrol, tracking the movements of shipping in that busy Gulf Coast port, and conducting routine training and drills, interspersed with the usual upkeep and maintenance. 396: 323:
propeller and other fittings were sold for scrap. The hull planking and deck house were salvaged for use in the construction of other vessels at the Palacios Shipyard.
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was acquired by the Navy under a free lease on 1 August 1917 and assigned the classification SP-946. She was commissioned on 11 August 1917, with Ensign
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remained in the hands of Camille Pilot until his death at the age of 92, in 1953. Shortly thereafter, the name
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was a luxuriously furnished, wooden-hulled steam yacht which served in the
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Decommissioned on 12 December 1918, a month and a day after the
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disappeared from the contemporary lists of American yachts.
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was signed, she was simultaneously returned to her owner.
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chain of supermarkets headquartered in Houston, Texas
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USS Augusta

Nelson Shipyard and Construction Co.
Harrisburg, Texas
Patrol boat
knots
3-pounder guns
United States Navy
Gielow and Orr
Nelson Shipyard and Construction Co.
Harrisburg, Texas
Camille G. Pillot
Houston
Houston Chronicle
Henke & Pillot
Norman V. Pillot
USNRF
World War I
8th Naval District
Galveston, Texas
armistice
MOTOR YACHT FOR TEXAN, The New York Times, 22 October 1911
USS Augusta (III)
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
here
Categories
Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
1912 ships
Steam yachts

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