USS Alice (SP-367)
The second Alice (SP-367)-a motorboat built in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury Co.-was acquired by the Navy from Mr. David H. Morris, of New York City, on 8 May 1917 and commissioned on 29 September 1917.
At anchor prior to World War I, while employed as a pleasure craft. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Alice (SP-367) |
Builder | Gas Engine and Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY |
Launched | 1913 |
Acquired | 8 May 1917 |
Commissioned | 29 September 1917 |
Decommissioned | 9 May 1919 |
Stricken | 7 July 1919 |
Fate | Sold, 5 August 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 20 t |
Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
Beam | 10 ft 10 in (3.30 m) |
Draft | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Complement | 6 |
Armament |
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Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, she served as a dispatch boat through the end of World War I, transporting inspection and inventory parties around New York harbor. She was decommissioned on 9 May 1919, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 7 July 1919. On 5 August 1919, she was sold to Mr. Reinhard Hall, of New York, NY.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Alice (SP 367)
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