USS Sequoyah (SP-426)

USS Sequoyah (SP-426), later USS SP-426, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

For ships with a similar name, see USS Sequoia.
History
United States
Name:
  • USS Sequoyah (1917-1918)
  • USS SP-426 (1918-1919)
Namesake:
  • Sequoyah was her previous name retained
  • SP-426 was her section patrol number
Builder: Crockett, Pocomoke City, Maryland
Completed: 1907
Acquired: 24 August 1917
Commissioned: 24 August 1917
Decommissioned: 29 January 1919
Fate: Returned to owner 29 January 1919
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Sequoyah 1907-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 15 gross register tons
Length: 60 ft (18 m)
Beam: 16 ft (4.9 m)
Draft: 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Speed: 8 knots
Complement: 6
Armament: 1 × 1-pounder gun

Sequoyah was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1907 by Crockett of Pocomoke City, Maryland. On 24 August 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, Albert T. Lavallette of Hampton, Virginia, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Sequoyah (SP-426) the same day.

Sequoyah was used for transporting ammunition and supplies in the harbor at Norfolk, Virginia, for the rest of World War I. In 1918, she was renamed USS SP-426.

SP-426 was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 29 January 1919.

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