USS Elfrida
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
USS Elfrida, later USS Elfrida (SP-988), was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1898 to 1918. She served in the Spanish–American War and World War I.
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USS Elfrida in a photograph from the 1914 edition of Jane's Fighting Ships | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Elfrida |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Builder | Harlan and Hollingsworth, Wilmington, Delaware |
Completed | 1889 |
Acquired | 15 June 1898 |
Commissioned | 30 June 1898 |
Decommissioned | 14 September 1898 |
Recommissioned | 29 April 1899 |
Decommissioned | 27 June 1908 |
Recommissioned | 20 August 1909 |
Decommissioned | 31 March 1918 |
Reclassified | Section patrol boat (SP-988) in 1917 |
Fate | Sold 11 May 1918 |
Notes | Operated as private yacht Elfrida 1889–1898 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 164 tons |
Length | 101 ft 6 in (30.94 m) |
Beam | 18 ft (5.5 m) |
Draft | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) |
Propulsion | Sails plus engine |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
Speed | 10 knots |
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