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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Adelita |
| Owner | Private ownership |
| Completed | 1881 |
| Homeport | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Fate | Sold to U.S. Fish Commission 23 November 1899 |
 U.S. Fish Commission | |
| Name | USFC Phalarope |
| Namesake | Phalarope, a slender-necked shorebird in the genus Phalaropus of the family Scolopacidae |
| Acquired | 23 November 1899 |
| Commissioned | May 1900 |
| Homeport | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
| Identification |
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| Fate | To U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 1 July 1903 |
  U.S. Bureau of Fisheries | |
| Name | USFS Phalarope |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 1 July 1903 |
| Homeport | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
| Identification | |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 19 May 1917 |
| Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Navy 2 August 1919 |
| Fate | Retired 1932–1933 (see text) |
| United States Navy | |
| Name | USS Phalarope |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Acquired | 19 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned | Late 1918 or in 1919 |
| Homeport | Woods Hole, Massachusetts |
| Fate | Transferred to U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 2 August 1919 |
| General characteristics (as fisheries vessel) | |
| Type | Fisheries research vessel |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 82 ft (25.0 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft 3 in (5.0 m) |
| Depth | 7.4 ft (2.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Crew | 6[3] plus other embarked personnel |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 55 tons |
| Length | 92 ft (28.0 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 8 in (2.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Crew | 10 |
| Armament |
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USFC Phalarope was an American fish culture and fisheries science research vessel that operated along the coast of New England. She was part of the fleet of the United States Commission on Fish and Fisheries, generally referred to as the United States Fish Commission, from 1900 to 1903 and in the fleet of its successor, the United States Bureau of Fisheries, as USFS Phalarope from 1903 until 1917 and again from 1919 until fiscal year 1933. She was in commission in the United States Navy as the patrol vessel USS Phalarope from 1917 to 1919, seeing service during World War I. Before her United States Government service, she was the steam yacht Adelita.
- ^ a b Department of Commerce and Labor Bureau of Navigation, Forty-Third Annual List of Merchant Vessels of the United States With Official Numbers and Signal Letters and List of Vessels Belonging to the United States Government With Distinguishing Signals For the Year Ended June 30, 1911, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1911, p. 101.
- ^ U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation, Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1932, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, pp. 151, 1131.
- ^ United States Civil Service Commission, Official register of the United States Containing a List of Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service Together With a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States July 1, 1905, Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1905, p. 1087.