USS Simplicity (SP-96)
USS Simplicity (SP-96) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Simplicity was built as a civilian motorboat in 1906 by at Astoria, New York. On 12 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, A. S. Korter of New York City, for World War I service as a patrol boat. She was commissioned on 7 June 1917 as USS Simplicity (SP-96) with Boatswain M. J. Brophy, USNRF, in command. Simplicity was assigned to the at New York City, where she carried out harbor patrols during World War I
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USS Simplicity (SP-96)
USS Simplicity (SP-96) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918. Simplicity was built as a civilian motorboat in 1906 by at Astoria, New York. On 12 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, A. S. Korter of New York City, for World War I service as a patrol boat. She was commissioned on 7 June 1917 as USS Simplicity (SP-96) with Boatswain M. J. Brophy, USNRF, in command. Simplicity was assigned to the at New York City, where she carried out harbor patrols during World War I
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USS Simplicity (SP-96) was an ...... vy List as of 19 October 1918.
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1917-05-12
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1917-06-07
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Crushed in collision 19 October 1918; hulk beached and stripped
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1917-05-12
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*1 × 1-pounder gun
*1 × machine gun
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1917-06-07
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United States
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USS Simplicity
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Operated as private motorboat Simplicity 1906-1917
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1918-10-19
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USS Simplicity (SP-96) was an ...... bor patrols during World War I
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