USS Olympic (SP-260) was a United States Navy

United States Navy

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 patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Olympic was built as a civilian

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 yacht

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 of the same name in 1913 by E. W. Heath at Seattle

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, Washington. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Frank Wright of Seattle, on 15 May 1917 for World War I

World War I

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 service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned

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 on 9 June 1917 as USS Olympic (SP-260) with Chief Boatswain's Mate Charles L. Sheely in command.

Operating on section patrol

Section patrol

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 duties in the 13th Naval District (headquartered

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 at Fort Townsend, Washington) during World War I, Olympic patrolled in and around Puget Sound

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Olympic was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey on 13 September 1919. Renamed USC&GS Dailhache

USC&GS Dailhache (1913)

USC&GS Dailhache was a United States Coast and Geodetic Survey ship in service from 1919 to 1934.Dailhache was built as the civilian yacht Olympic in 1913 by E. W. Heath at Seattle, Washington...

on 12 November 1919, she served at Seattle with the Survey until sold to H. W. McCurdy on 10 February 1934.