USS Despatch (SP-68)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Despatch.
The fifth USS Despatch (SP-68), later PY-8, originally USS Vixen (SP-68), was a yacht that served in the United States Navy as a tender from 1917 to 1919 and from 1920 to 1921.
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USS Despatch (PY-8), possibly in 1920 or 1921. | |
History | |
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Namesake | |
Builder | Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, New York |
Completed | 1913 |
Acquired | 6 August 1917 |
Commissioned | 10 August 1917 |
Recommissioned | 12 April 1920 |
Decommissioned |
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Renamed | USS Despatch 21 August 1917 (originally was USS Vixen) |
Reclassified | Patrol yacht, PY-8, 17 July 1920 |
Fate | Transferred to State of Florida 10 May 1928 |
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General characteristics | |
Type | Tender |
Tonnage | 287 Gross register tons |
Displacement | 237 tons |
Length | 167 ft 9 in (51.13 m) |
Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
Draft | 6 ft (1.8 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 16 knots |
Complement | 49 |
Armament | 2 × 3-pounder guns |
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