USS_Hurst_(SP-3196)

USS <i>Hurst</i> (SP-3196)

USS Hurst (SP-3196)

Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

For other ships with the same name, see USS Hurst.

The first USS Hurst (SP-3196) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

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Hurst was built in 1918 as a private motorboat by W. F. Dunn at Norfolk, Virginia. On 22[1] or 23[2] August 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, T. C. Hurst of Norfolk, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day[5][6] as USS Hurst (SP-3196).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Hurst served as a transportation and dispatch boat in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area for the District Supervisor, Naval Overseas Transportation Service, until she was transferred to the United States Public Health Service on 15 November 1919.

Notes

  1. [1]
    "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships".
  2. [2]
    Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919
  3. [3]
    Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919 states that the Navy acquired Hurst on 23 August 1918 and gives no specific commissioning date.
  4. [4]
    "NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Hurst (SP 3196)".
  5. [5]
    "Hurst". Archived from the original on 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2011-01-29.
  6. [6]
    22 August 1918 according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Motor Boat Hurst (1918); Later USS Hurst (SP-3156), 1918-1919 states that the Navy acquired Hurst on 23 August 1918 but gives no specific commissioning date.

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