USS Calabash (SP-108)
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| History | |
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 United States
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| Name: | USS Calabash |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Completed: | 1912 |
| Acquired: | 25 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 25 July 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | August 1917 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner August 1917 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Calabash 1912-1917 and from 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Length: | 60 ft (18 m) |
USS Calabash (SP-108) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel in 1917.
Calabash was built as a civilian motorboat in 1912 by Mathis Shipbuilding Company at Camden, New Jersey. She was the property of a resident of Coconut Grove, Florida, when the U.S. Navy acquired her on 25 July 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Calabash (SP-108).
Apparently found unsuitable for naval service, Calabash served for less than a month before being decommissioned and returned to her owner in August 1917.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Calabash (American Motor Boat, 1912). Briefly served as USS Calabash (SP-108) in 1917
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Calabash (SP 108)
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