USS Absegami
 Absegami, photographed c. 1916
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Absegami |
| Namesake | Absegami were part of the Lenape tribe |
| Owner | Allen K. White, Atlantic City, New Jersey |
| Builder | New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Company, New York City |
| Launched | 1916 |
| Fate | turned over to the USN on free lease, 2 May 1917 |
.jpg) USS Absegami (SP-371), photographed c. 1917
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| History | |
| United States | |
| Name | Absegami |
| Acquired | 2 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 30 April 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 2 December 1918 |
| Fate | returned to owner, 6 December 1918 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Type | Motorboat |
| Tonnage | 51 GRT |
| Length |
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| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) (mean) |
| Installed power |
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| Propulsion | 2 × propellers |
| Speed | 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
| Range | 330 nmi (610 km; 380 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 1 officer 10 enlisted |
| Armament | |
USS Absegami (SP-371) was a motorboat acquired on a free lease by the United States Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed patrol craft and assigned to patrol the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cape May, New Jersey on the Delaware Bay. When the Navy found her excess to their needs, she was returned to her former owner.
Construction and career[edit]
Built in New York[edit]
Absegami was a motor boat built in 1916 at New York City by the New York Yacht, Launch & Engine Co.; acquired by the Navy on free lease from her owner, Allen K. White, Atlantic City, New Jersey, on 2 May 1917; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 30 April 1917, Ensign W. G. Morse .[2]
World War I service[edit]
Following her commissioning, Absegami was assigned to section patrol duty in the 4th Naval District. Throughout World War I, the boat patrolled the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean waters off Cape May, New Jersey.[2] Absegami was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 2 December 1918 and returned to her owner four days later.[2]
Gallery[edit]
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USS Absegami (SP-371) is at left center in this photograph of United States Navy patrol vessels at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 15 January 1919. Astern of Absegami is a section patrol boat identified only as SP-1595 (left background). Across the pier are the submarine chaser USS SC-23 (right background), and an unidentified submarine chaser (right foreground).
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Notes[edit]
- ^ Ships Data 1921, pp. 326–331.
- ^ a b c DANFS 2016.
References[edit]
- Books
- Ships' Data, U. S. Naval Vessels. US Naval Department. 1 July 1921. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- Online sources
- "Absegami (SP-371)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. 19 January 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. - Radigan, Joseph M. "Absegami (SP 371)". Navsource.org. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
External links[edit]
- USS Absegami (SP-371), 1917–1918. Originally the Civilian Motor Boat Absegami
- Photo gallery of USS Absegami (SP-371) at NavSource Naval History