Amagansett (S.P. 693)
1917-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.
(S.P. 693: tonnage 145 (gross register); length 123'6"; beam 19'6"; draft 8’6” (mean); speed 7.8 knots (maximum), 6.9 knots (cruising); complement 26; a. 2 1-pdrs.)
The wooden-hull, single-screw trawler Amagansett—built in 1879 at Kennebunk, Maine—was chartered by the Navy from Mr. E. Benson Dennis of Cape Charles, Va., on 18 May 1917, the day after she was placed in commission at Norfolk, Va., Ens. James L. Brooks, USNRF, in command.
Fitted out for service as a minesweeper, Amagansett—given the identification number S.P. 693—spent her entire Navy career based at Norfolk, Va., patrolling the waters of the Fifth Naval District. She continued to serve the Navy for four months following the Armistice of 11 November 1918.
Placed out of commission on 12 March 1919, Amagansett was returned to her owner. Her name was stricken from the Navy Register that same day.
Raymond A. Mann
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
15 September 2022