&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:USS_Felicia_World_War_I.jpg) Felicia underway prior to World War I.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Felicia |
| Namesake | Former name retained |
| Owner | Jesse H. Metcalf |
| Port of registry | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Builder | J.N. Robins Company, Brooklyn |
| Launched | 1898 |
| Christened | as Felicia |
| Completed | 1898 |
| Acquired | 21 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1917 as USS Felicia (SP-642) |
| Decommissioned | 25 August 1919 at Brooklyn |
| Stricken | September 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 25 March 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | steam yacht |
| Tonnage | 213 GRT, 146 NRT |
| Length | 179 ft (54.6 m) overall |
| Beam | 20.1 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft | 7 ft 6 in (2.29 m) |
| Depth | 10.9 ft (3.3 m) |
| Installed power | 49 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan | schooner |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | 49 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 3 × 3-pounder guns |
USS Felicia (SP-642) was a steam yacht acquired by the United States Navy during World War I. She was outfitted and armed by the Navy as a patrol craft, and was assigned to patrol the New England waters. Her task of protecting ships from German submarines was interrupted by her collision with a submarine. Post-war she was reconfigured to her civilian condition, and was sold in 1919.