USS Comet (SP-772)

Comet as a commercial fishing trawler, apparently at the Puget Sound Navy Yard in Bremerton, Washington, probably around the time of her November 1917 acquisition by the United States Navy.
History
United States
NameComet
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderE. W. Heath & Company, Tacoma, Washington
Completed1910
Acquired26 November 1917
Commissioned15 February 1918
FateReturned to owner 23 August 1918
NotesOperated as commercial fishing trawler Comet 1910-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage107 Gross register tons

The second USS Comet (SP-772)[Notes 1] was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1918.

Comet was built as a commercial motor fishing trawler of the same name in 1910 by E. W. Heath & Company at Tacoma, Washington. On 26 November 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the San Juan Fishing & Packing Company of Seattle, Washington, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Comet (SP-772) on 15 February 1918.

Assigned to the 13th Naval District in the Pacific Northwest area of the United States, Comet served on naval duties for about the next six months.

In August 1918, the Commandant, 13th Naval District, received orders to return Comet to her owner. Accordingly, Comet was returned to San Juan Fishing & Packing on 23 August 1918.

  1. ^ "Comet (SP 772)". Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  2. ^ "Comet (SP 722)". Retrieved 31 August 2012.


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