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USS May (SP-164) was a yacht purchased by the United States Navy during World War I . She was outfitted with two 3 in (76 mm ) guns and two machine guns , and was assigned to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coast and Caribbean and to protect Allied ships from German submarines . After over two years of patrol work, she ran aground off Cape Engano on the Dominican Republic and had to be abandoned.
A Scottish-built yacht [ edit ]
May — a 1,100 long tons (1,118 t ) steam yacht built in 1891 by Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Troon , Scotland — was originally brought to the United States by E.D. Morgan III as private yacht, and later was purchased by the U.S. Navy from J. R. De Lamar on 11 August 1917; and commissioned on 7 October 1917.
May as a private yacht
World War I service [ edit ]
Operating out of New London, Connecticut , May patrolled along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean during World War I, protecting vital Allied shipping from German U-boats .
Run aground and abandoned [ edit ]
As of March 1919, she was intended for eventual service as a flagship , but she ran aground on a reef off Cape Engano , Santo Domingo on 27 July 1919; after efforts to refloat her failed she was declared abandoned on 28 February 1920.
After unfruitful attempts to refloat her, May ' s wreck was offered for sale. However, no purchasers appeared, and she was abandoned as unsalable in June 1923.
Awards and honors [ edit ]
Tedford H. Cann
Ensign Tedford H. Cann , USNRF was awarded the Medal of Honor for "courageous conduct" onboard May in November 1917. His citation reads:
For courageous conduct while serving on board the U.S.S. May, 5 November 1917. Cann found a leak in a flooded compartment and closed it at the peril of his life, thereby unquestionably saving the ship.
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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1919
Shipwrecks
1 Jan: HMY Iolaire
21 Jan: UC-40
30 Jan: Nimrod
7 Feb: HMS Erin's Isle
8 Feb: U-16
10 Feb: UC-91
18 Feb: Mirabeau
20 Feb: UC-71
22 Feb: U-21
7 Mar: HNoMS Thor
6 Apr: SMS Vulkan
15 Apr: U-118
17 Apr: USS Freehold
26 April: Narval Kit Kashalot
27 Apr: USS Courtney , USS Otis W. Douglas
28 Apr: USS Gypsum Queen , USS James
April (unknown date): Borets za Svobodu
4 May: HMS Cupar
5 May: SMS Leipzig
2 Jun: Rucumilla
9 Jun: HMS L55
16 Jun: HMS Kinross
18 Jun: Oleg
21 Jun: Scuttling of the German fleet at Scapa Flow – SMS Bayern , SMS Bremse , SMS Brummer , SMS Cöln , SMS Dresden , SMS Derfflinger , SMS Emden , SMS Friedrich der Grosse , SMS G38 , SMS G39 , SMS G40 , SMS Hindenburg , SMS Grosser Kurfürst , SMS Kaiser , SMS Kaiserin , SMS Karlsruhe , SMS König , SMS König Albert , SMS Kronprinz Wilhelm , SMS Markgraf , SMS Moltke , SMS Prinzregent Luitpold , SMS S32 , SMS S36 , SMS S50 , SMS Seydlitz , SMS V45 , SMS V46 , SMS Von der Tann , SMS G102
28 Jun: Duchess of Richmond
Jun (unknown date): Erinpura
27 Jul: USS May
30 Jul: USS G-2
13 Aug: Basilicata
18 Aug: Dvina
1 Sep: HMS Vittoria
4 Sep: HMS Verulam
8 Sep: Valbanera
9 Sep: USS St. Sebastian , USS SP-471
10 Sep: USS Coco , USS Katherine K. , USS Patrol No. 1 , USS Sea Hawk
11 Sep: USS Helena I
16 Sep: HMS M25 , HMS M27 , West Arvada
29 Sep: ML-18 ML-62 ML-191 Ossifrage
30 Sep: August Helmerich
3 Oct: Frank O'Connor
7 Oct: Sizergh Castle
9 Oct: Daram
17 Oct: SMS Kaiser Franz Joseph I
18 Oct: HMS H41
21 Oct Gavriil
31 Oct: Fazilka
13 Nov: Council Bluffs
22 Nov: Myron
24 Nov: Poltava
12 Dec: USS Kerwood
18 Dec: Cufic
Unknown date: UB-14
Other incidents
1918 1920 December 1918
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
