USS Wave (SP-1706)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Wave.
USS Wave (SP-1706)
Wave in civilian use prior to World War I
History
United States
NameUSS Wave
BuilderFore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Completed1912[1] or 1913.[2]
AcquiredNever
NotesCivilian fishing trawler ordered delivered to Navy in 1917 and 1918 but never taken over by Navy
General characteristics
TypeMinesweeper
Displacement450 tons (nominal)
Length119 ft 8 in (36.47 m)
Beam22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Draft12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) mean
PropulsionSteam
Speed10 knots
NotesConversion to minesweeper never occurred

What would have been the third USS Wave (SP-1706) was a trawler the United States Navy considered for use as a minesweeper in 1917 and 1918 but which was never actually transferred to the Navy.

Wave was a fishing trawler built by the Fore River Shipbuilding Company at Quincy, Massachusetts, in 1912[3] or 1913.[4] Owned by the Bay State Fishing Company, she was inspected by representatives of the Commandant, 1st Naval District, during the spring of 1917. The Navy ordered her delivered for World War I service in June 1917 and again in June 1918, and went so far as to assign her the classification SP-1706 and make plans for her conversion to a minesweeper and assignment to the 1st Naval District. However, the Navy did not actually take her over, and she remained in the hands of her owner and never saw naval service.

  1. ^ Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Wave (American Fishing Vessel, 1912)
  2. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Wave and Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Wave (American Fishing Vessel, 1912)
  3. ^ Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Wave (American Fishing Vessel, 1912)
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Wave and Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Wave (American Fishing Vessel, 1912)