The second USS Mistletoe was a wooden lighthouse tender built in 1872 by Robinson Hoffman and Company in Chester, Pennsylvania.[1]

History
United States
NameUSS Mistletoe
Completed1872
CommissionedApril 1917
DecommissionedJuly 1919
General characteristics
Displacement455 tons
Length153 ft
Beam26 ft
Draft6 ft 9 in
Speed10 knots
Complement20
Armament(As lighthouse tender) none

Service history

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The ship was operated by the Lighthouse Service of the Commerce Department. On 11 April 1917, she was transferred to the Navy with the entire Lighthouse Service by executive order.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Mistletoe served during World War I as a patrol boat out of Section Base No. 8, Tompkinsville, Staten Island. Following the end of the war, the vessel was returned to the custody of the Department of Commerce, 1 July 1919.

References

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

  1. ^ "Lighthouse Tender Photo Archive". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 13 May 2020.