USS Sadie Ross (SP-736)

USS Sadie Ross (SP-736) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1920.

Sadie Ross as a commercial tug sometime between 1904 and 1917.
History
United States
Name: USS Sadie Ross
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Atlantic Works, East Boston, Massachusetts
Completed: 1904
Acquired: 17 May[1] or 2 June[2] 1917
Commissioned: 7 June 1917
Fate: Sold 6 August 1920
Notes: Operated as commercial tug Sadie Ross 1904-1917
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 49 Gross register tons
Length: 60 ft 6 in (18.44 m)
Beam: 18 ft 7 in (5.66 m)
Draft: 7 ft 7 in (2.31 m)
Speed: 9.5 knots
Complement: 10
Armament:

Sadie Ross was built in 1904 as a commercial tug of the same name by the Atlantic Works at East Boston, Massachusetts. On 17 May[3] or 2 June[4] 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from Rosstown Boat for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Sadie Ross (SP-736) on 7 June 1917 with Boatswain's Mate J. E. Green, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Sadie Ross performed patrol duty for the rest of World War I.

Sadie Ross was sold on 6 August 1920.

Notes
  1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sadie_ross.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Sadie Ross (SP 736)
  2. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Sadie Ross (American Harbor Tug, 1904). Served as USS Sadie Ross (SP-736) in 1917-1920
  3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s2/sadie_ross.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Sadie Ross (SP 736)
  4. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Sadie Ross (American Harbor Tug, 1904). Served as USS Sadie Ross (SP-736) in 1917-1920

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