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Sale of Vessels by the Navy

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sale of vesselsAfter the war, the U.S. Navy put up for sale many of the vessels that had been used in antisubmarine warfare operations and in other duties, as the navy had no further use for them.

Among those put up for sale were most of the 110' submarine chasers. This booklet from 1921 provides details of the pending sales. (Chaser listings start on page 10.)

Vessels listed:

Steam Yachts - Wasp, Pawnee (SP 699), Sylvia, Onward (SP 311), Corona (SP 813), Margaret (SP 527)

Motor Boats and Motor Yachts - Bayocean (SP 2640), Patrol No. 10 (SP 85), Atlantic (SP 3286), Russ (SP 1151), Relief, Raven III (SP 103), Shadow III (SP 102)

Miscellaneous Craft - Fearless (SP 724), James H. Clark (SP 759), Ardent (SP 680), Chase S. Osborne (SP 1121), Harbor Tug No. 64, Breakwater (SP 681), Standish, Raleigh, USS Cincinnati, Winthrop (SP 3297), Frances G. Conwell (SP 3215), Supply, USS Marblehead, Castine 110' Subchasers:

146 vessels for sale (see pages 14 - 15 for lists by region). Thanks to Jim Pasquill for the generous donation of this document to The Subchaser Archives.