USS James H. Clark (SP-759)

USS James H. Clark (SP-759) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1920.

History
United States
Name: USS James H. Clark
Namesake: Previous name retained
Completed: 1900
Acquired: 19 July 1917
Commissioned: 21 August 1917
Decommissioned: April 1920
Fate: Sold 16 May 1921
Notes: Operated as commercial tug James H. Clark 1900-1917
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 45 Gross register tons
Length: 60 ft 8 in (18.49 m)
Beam: 17 ft 3 in (5.26 m)
Draft: 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)[1] or 8 ft (2.4 m)[2]
Propulsion: One 150-indicated horsepower (112-kilowatt) vertical compound steam engine, one marine leg boiler, one shaft
Speed: 8.5[3] or 9[4] knots
Armament: 1 × 3-pounder gun

James H. Clark was built as a commercial steam tug of the same name in 1900 at Buffalo, New York. On 19 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Tampa Towing & Lighterage Company of Tampa, Florida, for use during World War I. Assigned the section patrol number 759, she was commissioned on 21 August 1917 as USS James H. Clark (SP-759) with Chief Boatswain's Mate O. Hind in command.

Assigned to the 7th Naval District and based at Key West, Florida, James H. Clark performed towing and other miscellaneous duties in the harbor at Key West and at Naval Station Key West until 1920.

James H. Clark was decommissioned on 6 April 1920 and was sold on 16 May 1921 to the A. C. Tuxbury Lumber Company of Charleston, South Carolina.

Notes
  1. NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive James H. Clark (SP 759).
  2. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j1/james_h_clark.htm.
  3. NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive James H. Clark (SP 759).
  4. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j1/james_h_clark.htm.

References
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