USS Edithena (SP-624)

Edithena (American Motor Boat, 1914) Underway prior to World War I. This craft was USS Edithena (SP-624) in 1917-1919.
History
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

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