From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia USS Joseph F. Bellows (SP-323)
USS Joseph F. Bellows (SP-323)
in May 1917. She commissioned 18 May 1917, Ens. T. C.
Career (USA) Christopher, USNRF, in command.
Name: USS Joseph F. Bellows World War I service
Namesake: A former name retained Assigned to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia,
Joseph F. Bellows operated as a minesweeper off Cape Hen-
Owner: Bellows and Squires, Inc., Ocran, ry and in the convoy channel to Hampton Roads, Vir-
Virginia
ginia.
Builder: E. James Tull, Pocomoke City, Maryland
Laid down: date unknown Post-war service
Completed: 1912 After the armistice ending World War I was signed, she
Acquired: by the Navy in May 1917
acted as a lightship tender and a supply ship until July
1919.
Commissioned: 18 May 1917
Decommissioned: unknown date Decommissioning and sale
Struck: unknown date Joseph F. Bellows was sold 2 July 1919 to NcNeal Dodson Co.,
Homeport: Norfolk, Virginia Inc., Reedville, Virginia.
Fate: sold 2 July 1919; fate unknown
General characteristics
See also
• USS Peter C. Struven (SP-332)
Type: fishing steamer • U.S. Navy
Displacement: 315 tons
• World War I
Length: 162’
References
Beam: 24’
• This article includes text from the public domain
Draft: 14’ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The
Propulsion: steam engine entry can be found here.
Speed: 13 knots
Complement: not known
External links
• photo gallery at navsource.org
Armament: One 6-pounder gun
USS Joseph F. Bellows (SP-323) was a fishing boat purchased
by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted
as an armed minesweeper and was assigned to the Vir-
ginia coast. Post-war she served as a tender and supply
ship until sold in 1919.
Built in Maryland
Joseph F. Bellows (SP-323), a fishing steamer built in 1912
by E. J. Tull, Pocomoke City, Maryland, was acquired by
the Navy from Bellows and Squires, Inc., Ocran, Virginia,
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia USS Joseph F. Bellows (SP-323)
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• Tenders of the United States Navy
• Ships built in Maryland
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• 1912 ships
• Unique minesweepers of the United States Navy
• World War I minesweepers of the United States
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