USS Tasco (SP-502), was a United States Navy minesweeper and patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Tasco as a commercial tug, probably sometime between 1907 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Tasco
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1907
Acquired4 August 1917
Commissioned29 September 1917
Stricken22 May 1919
FateReturned to owner 22 May 1919
NotesOperated as commercial tug Tasco 1907-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper and patrol vessel
Tonnage319 gross register tons
Length109 ft (33 m)
Beam32 ft 4 in (9.86 m)
Draft12 ft (3.7 m) aft
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed10 knots
Complement16
Armament2 × 1-pounder guns

Tasco was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1907 at New London, Connecticut. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, J. Shewan of Brooklyn, New York, on 4 August 1917 for use as a minesweeper and section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Tasco (SP-502) on 29 September 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Tasco operated along the coastline in the New York City area for the remainder of World War I and into the spring of 1919.

Tasco was stricken from the Navy List on 22 May 1919 and returned to Shewan the same day.

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