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She then engaged in patrol duties out of Brest, and on 16 July picked up 59 survivors from the ill-fated British steamship
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had been torpedoed and sunk 15 July, after having rescued some 30 men from another torpedoed British ship,
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performed as a harbor patrol and coastal convoy ship. She assisted the torpedoed merchantman
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21 November 1918 and remained there until June 1919, when she returned to New York City via
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29 November 1917 and searched for survivors of the sinking of
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returned the survivors from both ships safely to Brest.
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in 1894. She was sold to G F Baker and renamed the
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USS Harvard

Harvard
Cambridge, Massachusetts
New York City
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
yacht
New York City
Brest, France
Yacht
Steam engine
3-pounder guns
yacht
U.S. Navy
World War I
patrol craft
Atlantic Ocean
submarines
U.S. Navy
Bath Iron Works
Bath, Maine
William A. Slater
New York, New York
convoy
Brest, France
England
Bermuda
public domain
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

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