USS Comber (SP-344) [SEP] conflict
USS Comber (SP-344)
The first USS "Comber" (SP-344) was a United States Navy minesweeper in commission from 1917 to 1919.
U,S. Navy career.
"Comber" was built in 1916 as a commercial fishing trawler of the same name by Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The U.S. Navy chartered "Comber" in 1917 for World War I service and commissioned her as USS "Comber" (SP-344) on 19 April 1917 with Lieutenant M. F. Powers, USNRF, in command
New England.
The Navy returned "Comber" to her owners on 2 April 1919.
References.
- Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS "Comber" (SP-344), 1917-1919
- NavSource Onlline: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Comber (SP 344)