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}} | USS See W. See (SP-740) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. See W. See was built in 1915 as a private motorboat of the same name by W. F. Downs at Bay Shore, New York. On 18 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Charles W. Cushman of Vernon, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS See W. See (SP-740) on 18 August 1917 with Chief Boatswain's Mate John H. Wilson, USNRF, in command. See W. See operated from Section Base No. 5 on patrol duty off the entrance to New York Harbor for the rest of World War I. See W. See was decommissioned on 13 December 1918, stricken from the Navy List, and returned to Cushman. Ca. 1919, Cushman sold See W. See to T. K. Morris, who renamed her Pequest. She had many name changes in succeeding decades, being known successively as Rosalie IV, Jonbob II (she is known to have borne this name from at least 1950 until at least 1955), Mar-Sue II (from at least 1960 until at least 1975), and Misty Isle (at least in 1977). William L. "Butch" Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and apparently sometime after 1977 renamed her Mar-Sue.[1] As of 2010, Mar-Sue remains active in private use. Notes1. ^NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive See W. See (SP 740) claims that Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and named her Mar-Sue, but also shows photographs of the boat bearing her previous name, Misty Isle, in 1977. This apparent discrepancy is unexplained.
2. ^a. Current owner William L. Baxter, b. Book Fire Island Heroes & Villains on Long Island's Wild Shore by Jack Whitehouse 2011, c. online ACR-6 History US Navy & d. online navsource.org
References- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s9/see_w_see.htm}}
- SP-740 See W. See at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive See W. See (SP 740)
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