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East Hampton (SP 573)



Call sign:
George - Sail - Fox - Love

Call sign (1919):
Nan - Unit - Cast - George
Trawler/Minesweeper:

  • Built in 1913 by Cobb and Butler, Rockland, ME
  • Acquired by the Navy 18 April 1917
  • Commissioned 8 May 1917
  • Decommissioned 2 December 1919
  • Sold 14 June 1920 to the C.E. Davis Packing Co. of Fleeton, Virginia
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications:

  • Displacement 407 t.
  • Length 162' 9"
  • Beam 26' 6"
  • Speed 12.5 kts.
  • Complement 37
  • Armament: One 3-pounder
  • Propulsion: One single ended boiler, one 900hp verticle triple expansion steam engine, one shaft.
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    East Hampton 77k Original photo:
    In port, probably prior to her World War I era Naval service.
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101595
    Replacement photo:
    Boston Navy Yard
    Charlestown, MA
    The barge in the left foreground bears the lettering, "U.S. Navy Coal Barge" lettering, although it is too blurry to be definitive. The tall dark object on the left is the 20,000 gallon Gasoline Tank (this is so marked on the tank). Next to the tank is a long wood building, Building 122, the Marine Corps Rifle Range. The buildings across the background are the Forge Shop (Building 105) and the Metal Workers Shop (Building 106), the Oil House (Building 131) (behind the two masts), and at far right the Sawmill and Boat Shop (Building 114). (Buildings 105, 106, and 114 remain in the yard today). As to date, since there is no evidence of the highrise General Storehouse (Building 149) behind Building 105, I would suggest that the image is ca. 1917, probably shortly after East Hampton was acquired by the Navy    		 Original photo: Naval Historical Center
    Replacement photo: Stephen P. Carlson
    Commanding Officers
    01LT John O'Brien, USNRF8 May 1917 - 1918
    02LTJG Weston R. Files, USN1918 - 1919
    Courtesy Joe Radigan
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