Isle of Surry, a 38 gross ton wooden motor boat, was built at Crittenden, Virginia, in 1911 for civilian employment carrying freight in sheltered waters. To help support the Navy's World War I efforts, she was chartered and placed in commission in September 1917 as USS Isle of Surry (ID # 1860, possibly initially SP-1860). Her Naval career was spent on supply duties in the Hampton Roads and Chesapeake Bay area. Isle of Surry was decommissioned and returned to her owners in January 1919.
This page features our only views of the freight boat Isle of Surry, later USS Isle of Surry (ID # 1860).
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Page made 4 May 2001
New image added and text slightly altered 16 June 2004