USS Sanda (1917)

History
United States
Name:	USS Sanda (1917-1920) USS YP-3 (1920-1942)
Namesake:	Sanda was her previous name retained YP-3 was her hull number
Builder:	W. E. Haff, New York
Completed:	1917
Acquired:	26 September 1917
Commissioned:	1917
Decommissioned:	2 January 1920
Renamed:	YP-3 on 17 July 1920
Reclassified:	"District patrol craft" (YP-3) 17 July 1920 "Small boat" 10 January 1942
Fate:	Hull disposed of by burning April[1] or May[2] 1942 Remains transferred to private company ca. October 1946
Notes:	Operated as private motorboat Sanda 1917 On loan to New York City November 1920-26 April 1941
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	9 gross tons
Length:	36 ft 2 in (11.02 m)
Beam:	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
Draft:	2 ft 3 in (0.69 m)
Speed:	10 knots

USS Sanda, later USS YP-3 was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1920 which later served New York City for over 20 years.

Construction, acquisition, and commissioning

Sanda was built in 1917 as the private motorboat M.V.H. by W. E. Haff at New York. She soon was renamed Sanda. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Sanda from her owner, H. C. Gushing, Jr., of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Gushing delivered her to the Navy on 26 September 1917. She never received a section patrol (SP) number, but was commissioned as USS Sanda.

U.S. Navy service

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District Sanda served on section patrol duties in the New York City area for the rest of World War I and throughout 1919. She was decommissioned on 2 January 1920. While she was out of service, the Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, under which Sanda was classified as a "district patrol craft" (YP) and resdesignated YP-3. Her name was dropped at the same time, so that she became USS YP-3.

New York City service

In March 1920, the Navy had loaned the decommissioned patrol boat USS Herreshoff No. 322 (SP-2373) to the Dock Department of New York City, but the city found Herreshoff No. 322 to be too large for economical operation. On 19 November 1920, the city returned Herreshoff No. 322 to the Navy in exchange for YP-3. On loan to New York City, YP-3 served the city's Dock Department for over 20 years.

Disposal

YP-3 was returned to the Navy on 26 April 1941, but was deemed unfit for further naval service. She was reclassified as a "small boat" in January 1942, and her hull was disposed of by burning in April^[3] or May^[4] 1942. Sometime around October 1946, the Navy turned over the remains of YP-3 to the United Crane and Shovel Company of New Jersey.

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s4/sanda.htm.
2. NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive YP-3 ex-Sanda
3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s4/sanda.htm.
4. NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive YP-3 ex-Sanda

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Sanda at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Vessels without Numbers (listed alphabetically by name)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive YP-3 ex-Sanda