USS Cigarette
 USS Cigarette (SP-1234) at Essex, Connecticut, ca. summer 1917
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Cigarette |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Acquired | 17 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 19 September 1917 |
| Decommissioned | July 1919 |
| Fate |
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| Notes | Operated as private yacht Cigarette 1905–1917 and as private yacht Pocantico 1920–1930 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 125 ft 4 in (38.20 m) |
| Beam | 14 ft 8 in (4.47 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 3 in (1.30 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam: two triple expansion engines, two shafts |
| Speed | 22 knots |
| Complement | 21 |
| Armament | 1 × 1-pounder guns |
USS Cigarette (SP-1234) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.
Cigarette was built as a fast, private steam yacht of the same name in 1905 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, for C. A. Wood of Cambridge, Massachusetts. She appears to have entered U.S. Navy service by as early as mid-June 1917, but on 17 September 1917, the Navy officially purchased her from her owner for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Cigarette (SP-1234) on 19 September 1917.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Cigarette served on section patrol duties in northern New England for the remainder of World War I, performing patrol duty off Boston, Massachusetts; Provincetown, Massachusetts; and Bar Harbor, Maine. She also carried out patrols at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, probably in 1919.
Cigarette was decommissioned in July 1919 and sold on 29 October 1920. Renamed Pocantico by her new owner, she once again became a private yacht. She was scrapped in 1930.
References
[edit]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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Cigarette (SP-1234), 1917–1920. Originally Steam Yacht Cigarette (1905)
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Cigarette (SP-1234), 1917–1920 – On Board, Close Up and Crew
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Cigarette (SP 1234)
External links
[edit]Media related to USS Cigarette (SP-1234) at Wikimedia Commons
