USS Harvard (SP-209)
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Harvard |
Namesake | Harvard, a college founded at Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
Owner | G. F. Baker, New York City |
Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1904 |
Christened | as the yacht Eleanor; later renamed the yacht Wacouta |
Completed | 1904 |
Acquired | Leased by the Navy on 23 April 1917 |
Commissioned | 10 May 1917 at New York City as USS Harvard |
Decommissioned | 26 July 1919 at New York City |
Stricken | 26 July 1919 |
Homeport | Brest, France |
Fate | Returned to owner, 26 July 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Yacht |
Displacement | 804 tons |
Length | 243' |
Beam | 32' |
Draft | 12' 6" |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Sail plan | Three masts |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | not known |
Armament | Four 3-pounder guns |
Armor | Steel hulled |
USS Harvard (SP-209) was a yacht leased by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as a patrol craft and assigned to patrol duty in the North Atlantic Ocean, protecting civilian ships from German submarines. In addition, she saved the lives of a number of survivors from ships that had been torpedoed. Post-war she was decommissioned and returned to her owner in her original civilian shipboard configuration.