USS Spindrift (IX-49) was built in 1928 by F. F. Pendleton, Wiscasset, Maine. The auxiliary cutter was acquired by the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 on 26 October 1941 and assigned to the Severn River Naval Command for duty with the United States Naval Academy

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Spindrift supported midshipman training at the academy until being placed in reserve in January 1947. She was struck from the Navy List

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on 22 December 1952.

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