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USS Relief (YP-2)

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Relief (YP-2)
USS Relief (YP-2), possibly during her 1917–1921 U.S. Navy service
History
United States
NameUSS Relief
NamesakeAid given in time of need
Completed1910
Acquired13 June 1917
FateSold 4 June 1921
NotesPrivately operated 1910–1917; in commercial use 1921–1946, then became yacht
General characteristics
TypeLookout station tender
Tonnage10
Length35 ft (11 m) (reg)
Beam9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Speed10 knots
Capacity6 passengers and crew
Armamentnone

The third USS Relief (YP-2) was a lookout station tender that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1921.

Relief was a wooden private motorboat built during 1910 at Yarmouth, Maine. Ensign Walter G. Richardson purchased her for the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 13 June 1917 with funds furnished by the Bar Harbor War Relief Committee of Bar Harbor, Maine, for use as a tender to the lookout station at Crumple Island, Maine. In 1920 she was designated YP-2.

Relief was sold on 4 June 1921 to Gus Potter of Yonkers, New York, remaining on mercantile registers until 1946 when she was transferred to exempt status as a yacht.

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Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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