USS Crest

	USS Crest. The photograph is annotated "WHITECAP S.P. 340" because of Crest's similarity of design to patrol vessel USS Whitecap (SP-340).
History
United States
Name	USS Crest
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1911
Acquired	1917
Commissioned	8 May 1917
Decommissioned	28 January 1919
Fate	Returned to owners April 1919
Notes	Operated as commercial fishing trawler Crest 1911–1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Tonnage	244 tons
Length	126 ft (38 m)
Beam	22 ft 5 in (6.83 m)
Draft	13 ft (4.0 m)
Speed	10 knots
Complement	21
Armament	1 × 3-pounder gun

USS Crest (SP-339) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Crest was built in 1911 as a commercial fishing trawler^[2] of the same name at Quincy, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy chartered Crest in 1917 for World War I service and commissioned her as USS Crest (SP-339) on 8 May 1917.

Fitted out as a minesweeper and assigned to the 1st Naval District, Crest carried out minesweeping, patrol, escort, and rescue operations along the coast of northern New England during World War I.

Crest was decommissioned on 28 January 1919 and returned to her owners in April 1919.

Notes

^ Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."
^ Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Crest (SP-339), 1917–1919
NavSource Onlline: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Crest (SP 339)

[1] Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."

[2] Per the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp339.htm); according to the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c15/crest.htm), she served commercially as a "freight boat."

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