USS Wistaria (SP-259)

Wistaria as a civilian motorboat sometime prior to her 7 May 1917 acquisition by the U.S. Navy.
History
United States
Name: USS Wistaria (proposed)
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Elco Company, Bayonne, New Jersey
Acquired: 7 May 1917
Commissioned: Never
Fate: Returned to owner 10 December 1917
Notes:
  • Operated as civilian motorboat Wistaria prior to May 1917 and from December 1917
  • No active U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel (proposed)
Length: 52 ft (16 m)
Beam: 11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft: 3 ft 7 in (1.09 m) aft
Speed: 9 knots
Armament:

USS Wistaria (SP-259) was the proposed name and designation for a motorboat the United States Navy acquired in 1917 for use as a patrol vessel but never commissioned.

Wistaria was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name by the Elco Company at Bayonne, New Jersey, sometime prior to the entry of the United States into World War I. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. Clifton N. Jelliffe of New York City, on 7 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and assigned her the section patrol number SP-259. However, she was found to be unsuitable for naval service and was never commissioned, though the Navy List briefly carried her name. She saw no active U.S. Navy service.

The Navy returned Wistaria to Jelliffe on 10 December 1917, and her name was struck from the Navy List.

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