USS Halcyon II (SP-582)

USS "Halcyon II" (SP-582) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed patrol craft and stationed in Boston harbor in Massachusetts. She spent much of the war patrolling the Massachusetts waterways for German submarines and, in 1919, was decommissioned after being damaged in a collision.

Commissioned at Boston

"Halcyon II", a 161-ton steam yacht, was built by Charles Seabury Gas Engine & Power Co. of Morris Heights, New York, in 1907, and was purchased by the Navy in August 1917 from her owner, D. W. Flint of Providence, Rhode Island. She commissioned 15 December 1917 at Boston Navy Yard, Ensign C. P. Jameson, USNRF, in command.

World War I service

After fitting out, "Halcyon II" was employed as a section and harbor patrol boat in Boston Harbor through the rest of World War I and into the first year of peace. She performed this service until 4 June 1919 when she was rammed and seriously damaged by steamer "Bayou Teohe".

Decommissioning and disposal

Determined by the Navy to be unserviceable, she was struck from the Navy List 31 July 1919 and sold to her former owner 4 December 1919.

See also

* U.S. Navy
* World War I

References

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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-h/sp582.htm USS Halcyon II (SP-582), 1917-1919 Originally named Halcyon; later renamed SP-582]
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/130097.htm NavSource Online: SP-582 - ex-Halcyon II (SP-582)]