USS Pocomoke (SP-265)
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uss-pocomoke-sp-265-239-3331204
title:
USS Pocomoke (SP-265)
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The second USS Pocomoke (SP-265), later YT-43, was a United States Navy minesweeper and tug commissioned in 1917 and sold in 1922. Pocomoke was built as a civilian tug of the same name in 1902 at Pocomoke City, Maryland. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, the Menhaden Products Company of Newport, Rhode Island, on 8 June 1917 for World War I service as a minesweeper. She was commissioned on 29 June 1917 as USS Pocomoke (SP-265). During 1918 Pocomoke was assigned to the 2nd Naval District
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Minesweeper of the United States Navy
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pocomoke_(SP-265)
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date modified:
2022-05-26T06:00:07Z
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