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USS Mist (SP-567)

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Mist as a private steam launch sometime between 1904 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Mist
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed1904
Acquired
  • April 1917 (informally)
  • 12 May 1917 (formally)
Commissioned28 April 1917
FateReturned to owner 3 February 1919
NotesOperated as private steam launch Mist 1904-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage13 gross register tons
Length59 ft (18 m)
Beam8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed12 knots
Complement11
Armament2 × machine guns

The second USS Mist (SP-567) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Mist was built as a private steam launch of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1904. In April 1917, the U.S. Navy informally acquired her from her owner, Edward Morell, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Mist (SP-567) on 28 April 1917. The formal acquisition of Mist from Morrell followed on 12 May 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Mist served for the rest of World War I as a dispatch boat and guard boat in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts. She also supported the minesweeping training activities of the Mine Sweeping Division, which operated along the coast of Massachusetts from its base at Boston Harbor.

Mist was returned to Morrell on 3 February 1919.

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