USS Alice (SP-367)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Alice.
.jpg) At anchor prior to World War I, while employed as a pleasure craft. | |
| History | |
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  United States
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| Name: | USS Alice (SP-367) |
| Builder: | Gas Engine and Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY |
| Launched: | 1913 |
| Acquired: | 8 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 29 September 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 May 1919 |
| Struck: | 7 July 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold, 5 August 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 20 t |
| Length: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam: | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Speed: | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
| Complement: | 6 |
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The second Alice (SP-367)-a motorboat built in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury Co.-was acquired by the Navy from Mr. David H. Morris, of New York City, on 8 May 1917 and commissioned on 29 September 1917.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, she served as a dispatch boat through the end of World War I, transporting inspection and inventory parties around New York harbor. She was decommissioned on 9 May 1919, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 7 July 1919. On 5 August 1919, she was sold to Mr. Reinhard Hall, of New York, NY
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Alice (SP 367)
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