USS Wilbert A. Edwards
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USS Wilbert A. Edwards (SP-315), sometimes called USS W. A. Edwards, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
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Name | USS Wilbert A. Edwards |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Builder | M. M. Davis, Solomons Island, Maryland |
Completed | 1911 |
Acquired | 1917 |
Commissioned | 10 August 1917 |
Decommissioned | 21 August 1919 |
Stricken | 24 September 1919 |
Fate | Sold 24 September 1919 |
Notes | Operated as commercial fishing vessel Wilbert A. Edwards 1911 to 1917 and from 1919 to the late 1940s |
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Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 650 tons |
Length | 160 ft (49 m) |
Beam | 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m) |
Draft | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) mean |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 11 knots |
Complement | 36 |
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