USS Surf (SP-341)

USS Surf (SP-341) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

USS Surf (SP-341) tied up beside another ship.
History
United States
Name: USS Surf
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Completed: 1911
Acquired: 21 April 1917
Commissioned: 8 May 1917
Stricken: 2 April 1919
Fate: Returned to owners 2 April 1919
Notes: Operated as commercial fishing trawler Surf 1911-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Tonnage: 252 gross register tons
Length: 129 ft 6 in (39.47 m)
Beam: 22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Draft: 12 ft (3.7 m)
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 9.5 knots
Complement: 26
Armament: 1 × 3-pounder gun

Surf was built as a commercial fishing trawler of the same name in 1911 by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts, for the Bay State Fishing Company of Boston, Massachusetts. On 21 April 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her for use as a minesweeper during World War I. She was commissioned on 8 May 1917 as USS Surf (SP-341).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Surf performed minesweeping duties in northern New England for the remainder of World War I.

Surf was stricken from the Navy List on 2 April 1919 and returned to the Bay State Fishing Company the same day.

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