USS Minerva (SP-425)
USS Minerva (SP-425) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
 Minerva as a private motorboat, sometime between 1914 and 1917. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Minerva |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Luders Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut |
| Completed: | 1914 |
| Acquired: | 7 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 20 July 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 14 January 1919 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 14 January 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Minerva 1914-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 55 gross register tons |
| Length: | 80 ft (24 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 13 |
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Minerva was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut. On 7 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bowen of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The boat was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS Minerva (SP-425) with Ensign R. G. Megargel, USNRF, in command
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Minerva served as a patrol boat in the coastal waters of the New York City area for the rest of World War I. She also guarded the submarine nets and torpedo nets in the approaches to New York Harbor.
Minerva was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 14 January 1919.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Minerva (American Motor Boat, 1914). Served as USS Minerva (SP-425) in 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Minerva (SP 425)