&sq=&lang=&file=File:USS_SP-117.jpg) USS SP-117, formerly USS Mohican (SP-117), refitting at Tebo's Yacht Works in Brooklyn, New York in the spring of 1919 after decommissioning there in February 1919.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Mohican |
| Namesake | Mohicans (previous name retained) |
| Port of registry | New York |
| Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
| Launched | 1890 |
| Completed | 1890 |
| Acquired | 19 April 1917 |
| Commissioned | 7 June 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 15 February 1919 |
| Renamed | USS SP-117 April 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 17 February 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private yacht Norseman, Lady Godiva and Mohican 1890-1917 and as Mohican from 1919. Then Waluchia II, Apache. WW2 service with Royal Navy as Inquisitor and in 1947 registered as Ourania |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Aux steam yacht |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 231 GRT, 157 NRT |
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| Beam | 23.0 ft (7.0 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Depth | 13.35 ft (4.07 m) |
| Installed power | 53 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 8.6 knots |
| Complement | 48 |
| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × observation balloon (kite balloon) from August 1918 |
The third USS Mohican (SP-117), later USS SP-117, was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.