USS Sister

USS Sister (SP-822) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Sister as a commercial tug, hauled out of the water sometime between 1882 and 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Sister
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1882
Acquired	Delivered May 1917 Purchased 29 June 1917
Commissioned	11 June 1917
Stricken	17 June 1919
Fate	Sold 10 March or 3 October 1920
Notes	Operated as commercial tug Sister 1882-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	49 Gross register tons
Length	72 ft (22 m)
Beam	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Draft	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	12 knots
Complement	7
Armament	1 × 3-pounder gun

Sister was built as a small commercial steam tug of the same name in 1882. She was based at Madisonville, Louisiana, in May 1917 when the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, L. F. Young of Madisonville, for use during World War I. She was assigned the section patrol number 822 and commissioned as USS Sister (SP-822) on 11 June 1917. The Navy formally purchased her from Young on 29 June 1917.

Assigned to the 8th Naval District, Sister served as a tug and freight boat for the rest of World War I and into 1919. One source claims that she also carried out patrol duties.

Sister was stricken from the Navy List on 17 June 1919 and sold to Armond Mayville of Algiers, Louisiana, on either 10 March or 3 October 1920

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Sister (Harbor Steamer, 1882). Served as USS Sister (SP-822) in 1917-1920
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Sister (SP 822)

Sister as a commercial tug sometime between 1882 and 1917.