USS Kanawha II
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Kanawha and USS Piqua.
This article is about Kanawha II as a U.S. Navy patrol vessel. For Kanwaha II as the private yacht Kanawha, see Kanawha (1899).
USS Kanawha II (SP-130)/USS Piqua (SP-130) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was placed into service as an escort for Allied convoys traveling across the dangerous North Atlantic Ocean. German U-boats were active in sinking Allied ships, and Kanawha II (later renamed Piqua) provided a valuable service as a lookout and in one instance attacked one and drove it off. Post-war she was returned to her pre-war owner in July 1919.
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Kanawha II (Steam Yacht, 1899) underway, prior to her World War I Navy service. | |
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Namesake | Kanawha II was her previous name retained; Piqua is a city in Ohio named for a tribe of Shawnee Indians which formerly inhabited the region |
Owner | John Borden |
Builder | Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1898 |
Acquired | 28 April 1917 |
Commissioned | 28 April 1917 |
Decommissioned | c. 1 July 1919 at Morris Heights, New York |
Maiden voyage | New York City to Brest, France, 9 June-4 July 1917 |
Renamed | USS Piqua (SP-130) on 1 March 1918 |
Stricken | 1919 (est.) |
Fate | Returned to owner on 1 July 1919;s sold to Black Star Line in the 1920s. |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | commercial yacht |
Displacement | 575 tons |
Length | 227" |
Beam | 24' 5" |
Draft | 9' 8" (mean) |
Propulsion | steam engine |
Speed | 20 knots |
Complement | 65 officers and enlisted |
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