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{{short description|US Navy WWI patrol yacht}} |
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| Ship caption = ''Rudder'' Magazine, February 1917 |
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| Ship namesake = The [[porpoise]], any of several small gregarious [[toothed whale]]s (genus ''[[Phocoena]]'') |
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'''USS ''Porpoise'' (SP-4)''' was a patrol yacht acquired by the United States Navy and returned to her owner on 27 January 1919. She was built in 1910 as '''''Casilda''''' by Oscar Anderson, South Norwalk, |
'''USS ''Porpoise'' (SP-4)''' was a patrol yacht acquired by the [[United States Navy]] in 1917 and returned to her owner on 27 January 1919. She was built in 1910 as '''''Casilda''''' by Oscar Anderson, [[South Norwalk, Connecticut]] for Stewart H. Elliott of Norwalk and acquired in 1914 by Ogden M. Reid of New York City and renamed '''''Porpoise'''''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Porpoise (SP 4)|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170004.htm|access-date=2021-02-01|website=www.navsource.org}}</ref> |
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Her [[call sign]] in 1919: Love - Boy - Jig - Sail |
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Love - Boy - Jig - Sail |
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[[Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy]] |
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 30 October 2024
 Rudder Magazine, February 1917
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| Name | USS Porpoise |
| Namesake | The porpoise, any of several small gregarious toothed whales (genus Phocoena) |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Fate | Unknown |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Section Patrol Craft |
| Displacement | 22 t. |
| Length | 48 ft (15 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 9 in (3.58 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) |
| Propulsion | One 4-cylinder Clifton gasoline engine, one shaft |
USS Porpoise (SP-4) was a patrol yacht acquired by the United States Navy in 1917 and returned to her owner on 27 January 1919. She was built in 1910 as Casilda by Oscar Anderson, South Norwalk, Connecticut for Stewart H. Elliott of Norwalk and acquired in 1914 by Ogden M. Reid of New York City and renamed Porpoise.[1]
Her call sign in 1919: Love - Boy - Jig - Sail
References
[edit]- ^ "Porpoise (SP 4)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2021-02-01.
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