Williams-Whittlesey Co.

Williams-Whittlesey Motor Boat and Shipbuilding Co., often referred to as Williams-Whittlesey Co. and known until 1904 as the Standard Boat Co.,[1] was an American boatbuilding company[2] in Queens, New York, that operated at least from 1891[3] to 1910.[4] Headquartered in Long Island City[5] with a boatyard in the adjacent Astoria neighborhood, the company produced tugboats, river vessels, scows, and yachts.[3] Among its products were two private motorboats that were later commissioned by the United States Navy for service during World War I: Osprey II, which served as USS Osprey II (SP-928) from 1917 to 1918; and Althea, which served as USS Althea (SP-218) from 1917 to 1919.

Althea, likely before 1917
History
United States
NameUSS Althea
OwnerJames H. Moore / U.S. Navy / G. F. Colton
BuilderWilliams-Whittlesey Co., New York
Completed1907
Acquired15 June 1917
Commissioned12 May 1917
Decommissioned2 August 1919
Stricken2 August 1919
HomeportDetroit, Michigan
FateSank, 18 March 1920; sold for salvage, 12 May 1920; abandoned, 1926
General characteristics
Displacement25 long tons (25 t)
Length60 ft (18 m)
Beam12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed9.5 mph
Complement9
Crew3
Armament1 × 3-pounder, 2 × machine guns

In 1904, the Standard Boat Co.'s owners changed the name to Williams-Whittlesey Motor Boat and Shipbuilding Co. because they "felt that their firm was very often confused with the Standard Motor Construction Co. of Jersey City, New Jersey".[1]

Among its naval architects was H. Newton Whittelsey,[6] whose yacht designs were noted for introducing "the modern type of large raised deck cruiser," according to Motor Boating magazine.[7] Another employee was Daniel I. Whittlesey,[8] a 1901 graduate of Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. By 1916, Whittelsey and Whittlesey had formed their own shipbuilding company headquartered at 11 Broadway in Manhattan.[9]

References
  1. Motoring and Boating. 1904.
  2. Blue Book of American Shipping ...: Marine and Naval Directory of the United States ... Marine Review Publishing Company. 1907.
  3. Hendricks' Commercial Register of the United States. S. E. Hendricks Company. 1891.
  4. Blue Book of American Shipping: Marine and Naval Directory of the United States; Statistics of Shipping and Shipbuilding in America. Marine Review Publishing Company. 1910.
  5. Yale Sheffield Monthly. 1906.
  6. H. Newton Whittelsey spelled his last name -el-; his exact relationship to the owners is unknown.
  7. "H. Newton Whittlesey". www.lesliefield.com. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
  8. Daniel I. Whittlesey spelled his last name -le-; his exact relationship to the owners is unknown.
  9. Engineers (U.S.), Society of Naval Architects and Marine (1916). Year Book.
  10. "Motor Boating archives". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-13.

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