USS Milan

History
United States
Name	USCGC Onondago (WCG-209)
Builder	Kingston Drydock and Construction Co., Kingston, New York
Launched	1925
Identification	Code letters: NATR (pre-war)[1]; ;
Fate	Transferred to the United States Navy, 11 December 1933
United States
Name	USS Onandago
Commissioned	11 December 1933
Decommissioned	5 April 1946
Renamed	USS Skaneateles, 1 June 1934; USS Milan, 20 October 1937;
Stricken	7 July 1946
Fate	Turned over to the WSA for disposal, 7 July 1946; Sold, 27 July 1946;
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	37.5 long tons (38 t)
Length	74 ft 11 in (22.83 m)
Beam	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Draft	3 ft 9 in (1.14 m)
Propulsion	2 × 6-cylinder 400 hp (298 kW) gasoline engines, two screws
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	8
Armament	unknown

USS Milan (YP‑6) was a 75-foot patrol boat which served in the United States Coast Guard as Onondago (WCG-209) until transferred to the United States Navy. The ship was built in 1925 by Kingston Drydock and Construction Company of Kingston, New York.

Service history

Placed in Navy service on 11 December 1933, she was renamed USS Skaneateles on 1 June 1934 before being renamed USS Milan on 20 October 1937. The Milan was rechristened by Mrs. Charles Edison, wife of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy and daughter-in-law of Thomas Edison. The name is in reference the village in Ohio, Edison's birthplace.

After her rechristening as USS Milan, (YP-6), a former district patrol vessel, was tied up at the Washington Navy Yard for the use of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy. With the outbreak of World War II, she was returned to patrol duties. In the middle of the war she was loaned, for a brief period, to the dock department, City of New York, after which she returned to the Washington, D.C., area, stationed at Dahlgren, Virginia. Declared to be excess to the needs of the Navy on 5 April 1946, Milan was turned over to War Shipping Administration for disposal on 7 July 1946 and sold on 27 July 1946.

References

Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the U.S. - Government Ship Radio Stations. United States Department of Commerce. June 30, 1924. p. 100.

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Photo gallery of USS Milan at NavSource Naval History

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.

[Radio-1] Commercial and Government Radio Stations of the U.S. - Government Ship Radio Stations. United States Department of Commerce. June 30, 1924. p. 100.