.jpg) USS Alcedo
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Alcedo |
| Builder | D. and W. Henderson and Company, Glasgow |
| Launched | 24 June 1895 |
| Acquired | by purchase, 1 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 28 July 1917 |
| Stricken | 17 December 1917 |
| Fate | Sunk 5 November 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Yacht |
| Displacement | 981 long tons (997 t) |
| Length | 275 ft (84 m) |
| Beam | 31 ft (9.4 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft 4 in (4.98 m) |
| Speed | 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 94 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 4 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × machine guns |
USS Alcedo (SP-166) was a yacht in the United States Navy. She was the first American vessel lost in World War I.
Alcedo was built in 1895 at Glasgow, Scotland, by D. and W. Henderson and Company. She was purchased by the Navy on 1 June 1917 from Mr. George W. C. Drexel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and commissioned at New York City on 28 July 1917.