{|{{Infobox Ship Begin}} {{Infobox Ship Image |Ship image=[[Image:Tug Charles P. Crawford.jpg|300px]] |Ship caption=''Charles P. Crawford'' as a commercial [[Tugboat|tug]] sometime between 1915 and 1917. }} {{Infobox Ship Career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1917}} |Ship name=USS ''Charles P. Crawford'' |Ship namesake=Previous name retained |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=[[Staten Island Shipbuilding Company]], [[New York, New York|New York]], [[New York]] |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=1915 |Ship acquired=8 May 1917 |Ship commissioned=22 September 1917 |Ship recommissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck= |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Returned to owners 12 August 1919 |Ship status= |Ship notes=Operated as commercial [[Tugboat|tug]] ''Charles P. Crawford'' 1915-1917 and from 1919 |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox Ship Characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=[[Minesweeper]] and [[Tugboat|tug]] |Ship tonnage=171 [[gross register ton]]s |Ship displacement= |Ship tons burthen= |Ship length={{convert|100|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|24|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|10|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=One double compound [[steam engine]], 700 [[indicated horsepower]]; one 155-[[Pounds per square inch|psi]] Scotch [[boiler]]; one shaft |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed=9 [[Knot (speed)|knots]] |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=7 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=2 x 1-pounder guns |Ship armour= |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes= }} |} '''USS ''Charles P. Crawford'' (SP-366)''' was a [[United States Navy]] [[Minesweeper (ship)|minesweeper]] and [[Tugboat|tug]] in commission from 1917 to 1919. ''Charles P. Crawford'' was built as a commercial tug of the same name in 1915 by the [[Staten Island Shipbuilding Company]] at [[New York, New York|New York]], [[New York]], for the [[Erie Railroad Company]] of [[New York City]]. On 8 May 1917, the U.S. Navy [[charter]]ed her for use as a minesweeper and tug during [[World War I]]. She was [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] on 22 September 1917 as USS ''Charles P. Crawford'' (SP-366) with [[Boatswain]] G. W. Caddell in command. Assigned to the [[3rd Naval District]], ''Charles P. Crawford'' performed [[minesweeping]], towing, and general transportation duties in the New York City area for the remainder of World War I and into 1919. The Navy returned ''Charles P. Crawford'' to the Erie Railroad Company on 12 August 1919. ==References== *{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c6/charles_p_crawford.htm}} *[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/cp-crwfd.htm Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: ''Charles P. Crawford'' (American Harbor Tug, 1915). Served as USS ''Charles P. Crawford'' (SP-366) in 1917-1919] *[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170366.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Charles P. Crawford (SP 366)] {{DEFAULTSORT:Charles P. Crawford (SP-366)}} [[Category:Minesweepers of the United States Navy]] [[Category:Auxiliary ships of the United States Navy]] [[Category:World War I minesweepers of the United States]] [[Category:World War I auxiliary ships of the United States]] [[Category:Ships built in New York]] [[Category:1915 ships]]