And Another USS Fulton (SP-247)-- Part 1

Still researching ships by the name of the USS Fulton and Wikipedia has two more ships by that name.  Thus USS Fulton served at the same time as the Fulton that started off as the U.S. Navy's first submarine tender.

From Wikipedia.

The fourth USS Fulton(SP-247) later USS SP-247 was a commercial tug built in 1909.  She was commissioned by the Navy as a minesweeper in 1917 and served in the Third Naval District and returned to her previous owners two years later.  She was used until the 1960s, often under the name of Catherine Carroll.

It was 93.5 feet long, 25.2 foot beam, crew of ten as a minesweeper and armed with one 1-pdr. gun.

--Cooter