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.