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The second USS ''New England'' (SP-1222) was operated as a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1919. ''New England'' was built as a steel steam lighter by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts for the New England Steamship Company of New York City. ==Construction== The construction contract for the lighter intended for service in Boston harbor, but shortly after trials diverted to New Bedford, was let on 5 March 1907 and builder's trials completed in October with construction having been completed six weeks before stipulated. The lighter was in length overall with an extreme beam of and molded depth at center of with tonnage at , though an earlier, pre trial description gave . The foremast was of a single Oregon pine at the truck with a boom served by a twin drum hoisting system, all designed for 7 ton capacity. A four bladed propeller with pitch, was driven by a direct drive engine with cylinders with stroke fed steam by two horizontal water tube boilers of diameter by length. On builder's trials the lighter made . Built for hard service in the port the vessel had strengthened towing bitts and ice guards and a hull with three watertight bulkheads. The deck house contained rooms for the captain and mate with a galley aft. An square hatch was located on the foredeck for access below. In a change of plan the lighter was to see service in New Bedford rather than Boston and on her delivery voyage met severe weather that incapacitated her engine room crew with seasickness making stops at Provincetown and Woods Hole necessary. ''New England'' was to serve as a packet boat between New Bedford and Martha's Vineyard as part of the revised duty. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS New England (SP-1222)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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