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Gypsum Queen (SP 430)



Call sign:
George - Quack - Have - Love
Tug/Minesweeper:

  • Built as Carbonero in 1890 by John H. Dialogue and Son, Camden, NJ for the Export Coal Co.
  • Renamed Daniel Williard in 1905
  • Renamed Gypsum Queen in 1917
  • Acquired by the Navy 17 September 1917
  • Commissioned USS Gypsum Queen (SP 430), 4 December 1917 at New York City
  • Struck a rock, blew up and sank, 28 April 1919 near Armen Light, off Brest, France.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 361 t.
  • Length 135'
  • Beam 27'
  • Draft 14'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 26
  • Armament: One 3"/50 mount and two machine guns
  • Propulsion: One single ended boiler, one 750hp verticle triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    Gypsom Queen 62k Shown with the markings of her owners, J. B. King and Co. of New York, before her naval service in World War I
    Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 101739 from Shipscribe.com    		 Robert Hurst
    Commanding Officers
    01LT Grant T. Stephenson, USNRF - Awarded the Navy Cross (1918)4 December 1917
    02ENS George C. Edwards, USNRF1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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