USS W. L. Messick (SP-322)
USS W. L. Messick (SP-322) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS W. L. Messick |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Owner: | Joseph F. Bellows |
| Builder: | Smith and McCoy, Norfolk, Virginia |
| Completed: | 1911 |
| Acquired: | 7 April 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 7 April 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold 27 August 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Minesweeper |
| Tonnage: | 237 tons gross |
| Length: | 145 ft 0 in (44.20 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) |
| Draft: | 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m) mean |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Complement: | 36 |
| Armament: | 1 × 6-pounder gun |
W. L. Messick was a wooden-hulled, screw steamer built in 1911 at Norfolk, Virginia, by Smith and McCoy. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 7 April 1917 from Joseph H. Bellows of Reedville, Virginia, for World War I service. Commissioned as USS W. L. Messick on the same day and classified as SP-322, she was assigned to the 5th Naval District and served as a minesweeper in the Virginia Capes area for the duration of World War I. She was subsequently decommissioned and sold on 27 August 1919 to her former owner
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive W. L. Missick (SP 322)
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