USS See W. See

See W. See as the private motorboat Pequest ca. 1919
History
United States
Name	USS See W. See
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	W. F. Downs, Bay Shore, New York
Completed	1915
Acquired	18 June 1917
Commissioned	18 August 1917
Decommissioned	13 December 1918
Stricken	14 December 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 14 December 1918
Status	Extant
Notes	Operated 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
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	26 Gross register tons
Length	65 ft (20 m)
Beam	13 ft 1 in (3.99 m)
Draft	3 ft 8 in (1.12 m)
Speed	12 knots

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

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

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-740 See W. See at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive See W. See (SP 740)