USS Najelda (SP-277)

USS Najelda (SP-277) was a wooden motor boat, was built in 1907 by N. Emanuel, Brunswick, Georgia, for Capt. F. P. Barry, of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was acquired by the United States Navy on 1 May 1917, and commissioned on 6 May 1917.

History
Name: USS Najelda
Builder: N. Emanuel, Brunswick, Georgia
Launched: 1907
Acquired: 1 May 1917
Commissioned: 6 May 1917
Decommissioned: 9 December 1918
Stricken: 11 June 1919
Fate: Sold, 30 October 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement: 52 long tons (53 t)
Length: 65 ft (20 m)
Beam: 18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Draft: 5 ft (1.5 m)
Speed: 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement: 5
Armament:

After patrol duty along the Gulf Coast, she was decommissioned on 9 December 1918, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 June 1919, and sold to A. Denapolis, New Orleans, on 30 October 1919.

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