USS Wendy (SP-448)
USS Wendy (SP-448) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Wendy as a private motorboat sometime between 1913 and 1917.
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| Name: | USS Wendy |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Jahncke Navigation Company, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Completed: | 1913 |
| Acquired: | 1 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 3 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 December 1918 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 9 December 1918 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Wendy 1913-1917 and from 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 24 gross register tons |
| Length: | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) aft |
| Speed: | 9 knots |
| Complement: | 9 |
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Wendy was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by the Jahncke Navigation Company at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 1 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. C. A Sporl of New Orleans, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned at New Orleans as USS Wendy (SP-448) on 3 August 1917.
Wendy carried out patrol duties in the waters around New Orleans for the remainder of World War I.
Wendy was decommissioned on 9 December 1918 and returned to Sporl the same day.
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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Wendy (SP-448), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Wendy (1913)
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Kanised (SP 448)
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