USS Pocomoke (SP-265)

	Pocomoke during or before 1918.
History
United States
Name	USS Pocomoke
Namesake	Pocomoke City, Maryland (previous name retained)
Completed	1902
Acquired	8 June 1917
Commissioned	29 June 1917
Reclassified	From section patrol craft (SP-265) to district harbor tug (YT-43) 17 July 1920
Fate	Sold 2 May 1922
Notes	Operated as civilian tug Pocomoke 1902-1917
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper and tug
Displacement	139 tons
Length	115 ft (35 m)
Beam	18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Draft	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine, one shaft
Speed	9 knots
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns

The second USS Pocomoke (SP-265), later YT-43, was a United States Navy minesweeper and tug commissioned in 1917 and sold in 1922.

Pocomoke was built as a civilian tug of the same name in 1902 at Pocomoke City, Maryland. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, the Menhaden Products Company of Newport, Rhode Island, on 8 June 1917 for World War I service as a minesweeper. She was commissioned on 29 June 1917 as USS Pocomoke (SP-265).

During 1918 Pocomoke was assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England. She operated off the United States West Coast and Mexico in 1919. On 17 July 1920 was classified as a district harbor tug and redesignated YT–43.

Pocomoke was sold at San Francisco, California, on 2 May 1922.

Pocomoke should not be confused with USS Pocomoke (SP-571), a patrol vessel also in commission during World War I.

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