USS Roselle (SP-350) explained
The first
USS Roselle (SP-350) was a
minesweeper that served in the
United States Navy during 1917.
Roselle was built as a commercial
steam harbor
tug of the same name in 1903 by Neafie and Levy at Philadelphia. On 10 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, for use as a minesweeper during
World War I. She was
commissioned on 22 September 1917 as USS
Roselle (SP-350). Assigned to the 3rd Naval District,
Roselle was based at
Tompkinsville,
Staten Island,
New York. She conducted
minesweeping patrols in
Long Island Sound.
On 31 December 1917, the Navy returned Roselle to the Central Railroad Company of New Jersey, which required her services for work deemed vital to national defense. Roselle continued in commercial service after World War I under various owners. In 1936, she was renamed Fearless. Fearlesss name disappeared from registers of commercial vessels in 1942.
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