Apache, a 62' 4" motor boat, was built at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1917 for a civilian owner, with the intention of offering her to the Navy for World War I use. She was taken over in May 1917 and commissioned as USS Apache (SP-729) in July of that year. The craft, which was later renamed SP-729, served on patrol and despatch duties at Boston, Massachusetts, until December 1918. She was then sent to Florida for peacetime service at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, but was decommissioned at Key West in May 1919. Transferred to the U.S. Coast Guard in November 1919 and soon renamed Arrow, she remained in Florida waters, at Key West and Tampa. She became the harbor launch AB-2 in November 1923 and was disposed of by the Coast Guard in March 1925.
This page features all the views we have of USS Apache (SP-729) and of the civilian motor boat Apache.
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Page made 12 February 2003