Reyner & Son (S.P. 869)
1918-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this vessel at the time of her acquisition.
(S.P. 869: tonnage 29 (gross register); length 64'0" (overall); beam 14'0"; draft 3'0" (mean); speed 12.0 knots (maximum), 8.6 knots (cruising); complement 7)
Reyner & Son, a single-screw wooden-hulled tug used for light freight service prior to the U.S. entry into the Great War [World War I] was built in 1916 at Portsmouth, Va., by W. F. Dunn.
Purchased by the Navy in January 1918 from J. Reyner & Son, Newport News, Va.; given the identification number S.P. 869, she was placed in service on section patrol duties on 11 January 1918. On the Navy list for little over a year and a half, Reyner & Son operated solely in the Fifth Naval District. Her name was stricken from the Navy List in August 1919.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
27 March 2023
