USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711)
 Miss Toledo as a private motorboat the shipyard of her builder, the Dachel-Carter Boat Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan, prior to her acquisition by the United States Navy. A U.S. Navy officer and at least one sailor are among the people standing on her deck. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States
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| Name: | USS Miss Toledo |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Dachel-Carter Boat Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan |
| Completed: | 1917 |
| Acquired: | 30 April 1918 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 14 December 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 19 gross tons |
| Length: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Propulsion: | Gasoline engine |
| Speed: | 25 miles per hour[1] |
USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711) was a United States Navy patrol vessel acquired for a few months in 1918.
Miss Toledo was built in 1917 by the Dachel-Carter Boat Company at Benton Harbor, Michigan. On 30 April 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, R. M. Ellery of Toledo, Ohio, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was assigned the section patrol number SP-1711.
Although presumably acquired for patrol work on the Great Lakes, Miss Toledo apparently saw no active naval service. The Navy returned her to Ellery on 14 December 1918.
Notes
- ↑ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/miss_toledo.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171711.htm give Miss Toledo's speed as 25 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 25 knots. If 25 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 21.7.
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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Miss Toledo (Motor Boat, 1917). Taken over by the Navy in 1918
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Miss Toledo (SP 1711)
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