USS Reposo II

The yacht Turbese prior to World War I. She later became USS Reposo II.

USS Reposo II (SP-198) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Reposo II was built as the civilian steam yacht Sophia in 1882. She later was renamed Empress. In 1902 she was rebuilt and enlarged by the Greenpoint Construction Company at Greenpoint on Long Island, New York, and renamed Onondaga. She later was renamed Turbese and then Reposo II.

File:USS Camden (ID 3143) and USS Reposo II (SP-198) at the Charleston Naval Shipyard, South Carolina (USA), on 11 June 1917 (NH 55042).jpg

USS Reposo II at the Charleston Navy Yard at Charleston, South Carolina, on 11 June 1917 with the much larger cargo ship USS Camden (ID-3143) undergoing conversion behind her.

The U.S. Navy acquired Reposo II on 7 April 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned as USS Reposo II (SP-198) sometime around 21 May 1917.

Reposo II patrolled the coastline between Key West, Florida, and Brunswick, Georgia, until May 1918.

From May to December 1918, Reposo II remained at anchor at the Charleston Navy Yard in Charleston, South Carolina. She was decommissioned there on 24 December 1918 and was sold on 8 August 1919 to John Pelly of Brooklyn, New York.

References

• Public Domain This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy: Navy History and Heritage Command: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Reposo II (SP-198), 1917-1919. Previously the steam yacht Sophia, Empress, Onondaga, Turbese and Reposo II