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USS ''See W. See'' (SP-740) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. ''See W. See'' was built in 1915 as a private motorboat of the same name by W. F. Downs at Bay Shore, New York. On 18 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Charles W. Cushman of Vernon, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS ''See W. See'' (SP-740) on 18 August 1917 with Chief Boatswain's Mate John H. Wilson, USNRF, in command. ''See W. See'' operated from Section Base No. 5 on patrol duty off the entrance to New York Harbor for the rest of World War I. ''See W. See'' was decommissioned on 13 December 1918, was stricken from the Navy List and returned to Cushman. Ca. 1919, Cushman sold ''See W. See'' to T. K. Morris, who renamed her ''Pequest''. She had many name changes in succeedung decades, being known successively as ''Rosalie IV'', ''Jonbob II'' (she is known to have borne this name from at least 1950 until at least 1955), ''Mar-Sue II'' (from at least 1960 until at least 1975), and ''Misty Isle'' (at least in 1977). William L. "Butch" Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and apparently sometime after 1977 renamed her ''Mar-Sue''.〔(NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive See W. See (SP 740) ) claims that Baxter purchased the boat in 1975 and named her ''Mar-Sue'', but also shows photographs of the boat bearing her previous name, ''Misty Isle'', in 1977. This apparent discrepancy is unexplained.〕 As of 2010, ''Mar-Sue'' remains active in private use. ==Notes== Where I wrote See W. SEE history for navsource, from which most of your information came from, I now need to update it. So I am giving Wikipedia an update now (ref. a). During WWI the USS SEE W. SEE SP-740 was part of a three vessel fleet at Section Base 5, located in West Sayville, NY. These vessels patrolled the Great South Bay, Fire Island Inlet & waters off Fire Island, not the mouth of New York Harbor. The SEE W. SEE and her fleet mates were part of the search and rescue effort for the USS San Diego ACR-6 sunk 13.5 miles off Fire Island Inlet on 19 July 1918.(ref. b, c & d)〔a. Current owner William L. Baxter, b. Book Fire Island Heroes & Villains on Long Island's Wild Shore by Jack Whitehouse 2011, c. online ACR-6 History US Navy & d. online navsource.org〕 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 See W. See (SP-740)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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