USS John Sealy

USS John Sealy (SP-568),^[4] also spelled John Sealey,^[5] was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission during 1917.

NameUSS John Sealy^[1] or John Sealey^[2]

NamesakePrevious name retained

Completed1910

Acquired25 April 1917

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Name	USS John Sealy^[1] or John Sealey^[2]
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1910
Acquired	25 April 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 10 August 1917^[3]
Notes	Operated as commercial tug John Sealy or John Sealey from 1910 until April 1917 and from August 1917


General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Tonnage	113 gross register tons
Length	88 ft 10 in (27.08 m)
Beam	20 ft 6 in (6.25 m)
Draft	9 ft 9 in (2.97 m)
Propulsion	One 350 indicated horsepower (261-kilowatt) steam engine, one shaft
Speed	10 knots
Complement	12
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns

John Sealy was built as a commercial steam tug of the same name in 1910 at West Lake, Louisiana. On 25 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, D. M. Picton, for use as a minesweeper on the section patrol during World War I. She was commissioned as USS John Sealy (SP-568).

After brief service as a minesweeper, John Sealy was returned to her owner on 10 August 1917.^[6]

Notes

[1]
SP-568 John Sealy 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-500 through SP-599^{[link removed]} and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568)
[2]
Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm; the spelling John Sealy probably is an update and correction of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships spelling.
[3]
SP-568 John Sealy 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-500 through SP-599^{[link removed]} and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568); theDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm states that John Sealy was returned to her owner in "early 1918," but the 10 August 1917 date appears to be an update and correction of that assertion.
[4]
SP-568 John Sealy 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-500 through SP-599^{[link removed]} and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568)
[5]
Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm; the spelling John Sealy probably is an update and correction of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships spelling.
[6]
SP-568 John Sealy 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-500 through SP-599^{[link removed]} and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: John Sealy (SP 568); theDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/j4/john_sealey.htm states that John Sealy was returned to her owner in "early 1918," but the 10 August 1917 date appears to be an update and correction of that assertion.

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