USS Relief (YP-2)
The third USS Relief (YP-2) was a lookout station tender that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1921.
.jpg.webp) USS Relief (YP-2), possibly during her 1917–1921 U.S. Navy service | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Relief |
| Namesake | Aid given in time of need |
| Completed | 1910 |
| Acquired | 13 June 1917 |
| Fate | Sold 4 June 1921 |
| Notes | Privately operated 1910–1917; in commercial use 1921–1946, then became yacht |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Lookout station tender |
| Tonnage | 10 |
| Length | 35 ft (11 m) (reg) |
| Beam | 9 ft 9 in (2.97 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Capacity | 6 passengers and crew |
| Armament | none |
Relief was a wooden private motorboat built during 1910 at Yarmouth, Maine. Ensign Walter G. Richardson purchased her for the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 13 June 1917 with funds furnished by the Bar Harbor War Relief Committee of Bar Harbor, Maine, for use as a tender to the lookout station at Crumple Island, Maine. In 1920 she was designated YP-2.
Relief was sold on 4 June 1921 to Gus Potter of Yonkers, New York, remaining on mercantile registers until 1946 when she was transferred to exempt status as a yacht.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.