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Photo #  NH 102009:  Trawler Long Island, probably being converted for Naval use, circa May 1917


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Long Island (Steam Trawler, 1912).
Served as USS Long Island (SP-572) in 1917-1919

Long Island, a 167-ton steam trawler, was built in 1912 at Rockland, Maine. She was purchased by the Navy in April 1917 and commissioned the next month as USS Long Island (SP-572). Through World War I she served as a harbor patrol vessel, minesweeper and icebreaker, mainly in the Boston area. In March-April 1918, she made an ocean voyage, escorting a submarine chaser to Bermuda. A few months after the end of hostilities, Long Island was assigned duty as a temporary lightship off Charleston, South Carolina. In June 1919 she began two months' of operations along the Atlantic coast between Hampton Roads, Virginia, and Boston. USS Long Island was decommissioned in September 1919 and sold the following December.

This page features our only view of the steam trawler Long Island, which served as USS Long Island (SP-572) in 1917-1919.


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Photo #: NH 102009

Long Island
(U.S. steam trawler, 1912)

Probably photographed while being altered for Navy service, circa May 1917. The location appears to be the Boston Navy Yard.
Purchased by the Navy on 18 April 1917, she was commissioned on 8 May 1917 as USS Long Island (SP-572). She decommissioned on 13 September 1919 and was sold on 1 December 1919.

The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.

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