USS Barracuda (SP-23)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Barracuda.
.jpg) Barracuda ca. 1916. | |
| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Barracuda (proposed) |
| Namesake: | The barracuda, any of several large, voracious fishes of warm oceans related to the gray mullets |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Acquired: | Never |
| Commissioned: | Never |
| Notes: | Registered as SP-23 for potential U.S. Navy service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel (proposed) |
| Length: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Armament: | Never armed |
Note: This ship should not be confused with patrol boat USS Barracuda (SP-845), which served in the U.S. Navy in the same era.
USS Barracuda (SP-23) was the designation for a motorboat considered in 1916 or 1917 for service in the United States Navy that never actually was acquired by the Navy.
Barracuda was a private motorboat built in 1916 at Amityville, New York. The U.S. Navy inspected her in late 1916 or early 1917 for possible World War I service as a patrol boat, and she was registered accordingly with the naval section patrol designation SP-23. However, the Navy never took possession of or commissioned Barracuda, and she remained in civilian hands throughout the war.
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