USS See W. See (SP-740) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

See W. See as the private motorboat Pequest ca. 1919
History
United States
NameUSS See W. See
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderW. F. Downs, Bay Shore, New York
Completed1915
Acquired18 June 1917
Commissioned18 August 1917
Decommissioned13 December 1918
Stricken14 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 14 December 1918
StatusExtant
NotesOperated as private motorboat See W. See 1915-1917 and as See W. See, Pequest, Rosalie IV, Jonbob II, Mar-Sue II and Misty Isle, and Mar-Sue since 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage26 Gross register tons
Length65 ft (20 m)
Beam13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Draft3 ft 8 in (1.12 m)
Speed12 knots

See W. See was built in 1915 as a private motorboat of the same name by W. F. Downs at Bay Shore, New York. On 18 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Charles W. Cushman of Vernon, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS See W. See (SP-740) on 18 August 1917.

See W. See operated from Section Base No. 5 on patrol duty off the entrance to New York Harbor for the rest of World War I.

See W. See was decommissioned on 13 December 1918, stricken from the Navy List, and returned to Cushman.

Ca. 1919, Cushman sold See W. See to T. K. Morris, who renamed her Pequest. She had many name changes in succeeding decades, being known successively as Rosalie IV, Jonbob II (she is known to have borne this name from at least 1950 until at least 1955), Mar-Sue II (from at least 1960 until at least 1975), and Misty Isle (at least in 1977). William L. "Butch" Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and apparently sometime after 1977 renamed her Mar-Sue.[1]

As of 2010, Mar-Sue remains active in private use.

Notes

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  1. ^ NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive See W. See (SP 740) claims that Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and named her Mar-Sue, but also shows photographs of the boat bearing her previous name, Misty Isle, in 1977. This apparent discrepancy is unexplained.

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