USS Edithena (SP-624)
.jpg) Edithena (American Motor Boat, 1914) Underway prior to World War I. This craft was USS Edithena (SP-624) in 1917-1919. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Edithena |
| Builder: | C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York |
| Launched: | 1914 |
| Acquired: | June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1917 |
| Struck: | 21 October 1919 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol boat |
| Length: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Beam: | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Complement: | 11 |
| Armament: | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
USS Edithena was a motor boat in the United States Navy.
Edithena (No. 624) was built by C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York, in 1914; purchased by the Navy in June 1917; and commissioned on 20 June 1917, Boatswain U. L. Norton, USNRF, in command.
Service Under the 1st Naval District
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, she performed patrol duty out of Boston, Massachusetts for the remainder of World War I and into 1919.
Decommissioning
She was stricken from the Navy List on 21 October 1919 and subsequently transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
See also
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Edithena at NavSource Naval History
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