Consider this response: Departing San Francisco on 27 February 1918 towing coal barges, "Dreadnaught" delivered the barges at Norfolk, Virginia, on 18 April 1918.
What was the preceding dialog?
Conversation transcript:
 Anonymous 1) What was the mission of USS Dreadnaught (YT-34)?;
 Anonymous 2) USS Dreadnaught ( YT-34)  USS "Dreadnaught" (ID-1951), later YT-534 and YNG-21, was a United States Navy tug that was in service from 1918 to 1944. "Dreadnaught" was built as a commercial tug of the same name by Union Iron Works at San Francisco, California, in 1917 for the Rolph Navigation and Coal Company of San Francisco.;
 Anonymous 1) When did the USS Dreadnaught (YT-34) enter service?;
 Anonymous 2) On 17 May 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her for use during World War I and assigned her the naval registry identification number 1951.;
 Anonymous 1) Where did the USS Dreadnaught (YT-34) serve?;
 Anonymous 2) After fitting out at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, she was commissioned as USS "Dreadnaught" (ID-1951) on 31 January 1918 with Lieutenant J. J. Carey, USNRF, in command.;
 Anonymous 1) What other missions did the USS Dreadnaught (YT-34) accomplish?;
 Anonymous 2) 