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Lewes is an incorporated city on the Delaware Bay in eastern Sussex County, Delaware. According to the 2010 census, the population is 2,747. Along with neighboring Rehoboth Beach, Lewes is one of the principal cities of Delaware's rapidly growing Cape Region. The city lies within the Salisbury, Maryland–Delaware Metropolitan Statistical Area. Lewes proudly claims to be The First Town in The First State.
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    USS City of Lewes , later USS Lewes , was a minesweeper and patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. City of Lewes was built as a commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1912 by W. G. Abbott at Milford, Delaware. In May 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her for use on the section patrol as a minesweeper and patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS City of Lewes on 12 May 1917 with Lieutenant J. S. Davis, USNR, in command, although her purchase apparently did not become official until 19 May 1917.In accordance with a United States Department of the Navy general order that all section patrol craft should have their names shortened to surnames or single words , City of Lewes was renamed USS Lewes in July 1917. However, she still often was cal...
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