USS Sea Gull (SP-544)
The third USS Sea Gull (SP-544) was a wooden yacht in the United States Navy.
Sea Gull was built during 1902 as Heather by the Greenport Yacht & Basin Co., Long Island, New York, was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 1 June 1917 following the entry of the United States into World War I; and commissioned shortly afterward, Ensign Cheston M. Bryant in command.
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