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reached her station in the Canal Zone and operated out of Coco Solo as a utility vessel with Submarine Division 1.
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operated as a patrol vessel, minesweeper, and tug for the remainder of World War I and into the summer of 1919.
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at "the earliest practicable date and when ready proceed in company by Canal Zone to assigned stations."
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was found to be in poor shape, and a board of inspection and survey condemned her. She was
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at Coco Solo on 8 September 1920 and was sold to the
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fishing trawler
Patrol vessel
minesweeper
tug
gross register tons
Steam engine
knots
3-pounder
United States Navy
patrol vessel
minesweeper
tug
hulled
screw
steam
fishing trawler
Milton, Delaware
Lewes Fishing Company
Lewes, Delaware
World War I
section patrol
commissioned
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Philadelphia
4th Naval District
Submarine
Coco Solo
Panama Canal Zone
Cape May, New Jersey

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