USS Long Island (SP-572)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Long Island.

Long Island was a 167-ton steam trawler built as a civilian ship until purchased by the United States Navy and commissioned as USS Long Island (SP-572).

Long Island being altered for Navy service, circa May 1917
History
United States
Builder	Cobb & Butler
Launched	1912
Acquired	18 April 1917
Commissioned	8 May 1917
Decommissioned	13 September 1919
Fate	Sold 1 December 1919
General characteristics
Type	steam trawler
Displacement	167 tons
Length	164 ft 4 in (50.09 m)
Beam	24 ft 1 in (7.34 m)
Draft	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)
Speed	11.5 kn (21.3 km/h; 13.2 mph)
Complement	25
Armament	1 × 3 pounder cannon

Long Island was built in 1912 by Cobb & Butler in Rockland, Maine and purchased by the US Navy 18 April 1917 from her owner, George B. Morrill. She was taken over 1 May 1917 and enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve 2 May 1917; and commissioned 8 May 1917 at Boston.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Long Island throughout the war served out of Boston as harbor patrol ship, minesweeper, and icebreaker. From 30 March until 18 April 1918 she escorted a submarine chaser between Boston and Bermuda. She then sailed to New London, Conn., and Newport, R.I., before returning to Boston 30 April.

Long Island departed Boston 30 January 1919 for Charleston, S.C., where she arrived 5 February. Assigned to the 6th Naval District, she served as a temporary lightship off Charleston until 25 May. Detached from the 6th Naval District 24 June, during the next 2 months she operated along the Atlantic coast from Hampton Roads to Boston. She decommissioned 13 September 1919 and was sold on 1 December 1919 to the Douglas Company in Reedville, Va.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links

• Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center
• Photo gallery at Navsource.org