USS Henlopen (SP-385)

History
United States
Name: USS Henlopen
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: W. G. Abbott, Milford, Delaware
Completed: 1912
Acquired: 12 December 1917
Commissioned: 26 January 1918
Fate: Transferred to France 27 March 1918
Notes: Operated as commercial fishing boat Henlopen 1912-1917; served as French Navy minesweeper and tug from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper and tug
Displacement: 254 tons
Length: 150 ft (46 m)
Beam: 24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Speed: 12 knots
Armament: 1 × 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun

USS Henlopen (SP-385) was a minesweeper and tug that served in the United States Navy from January to March 1918.

Henlopen was built as a commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1912 by W. G. Abbott at Milford, Delaware. On 12 December 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her at New York City from her owner, James W. Elwell & Company of New York City, for use on the section patrol as a minesweeper and tug during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Henlopen (SP-385) on 26 January 1918.

After two months of service, Henlopen was transferred to France at New York City on 27 March 1918 for French Navy use as a minesweeper and tug.

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