USS Eclipse (SP-417)
![]() Eclipse in civilian use sometime between 1906 and 1917.
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Name | USS Eclipse |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Builder | Bishops, Gloucester, Massachusetts |
Completed | 1906 |
Acquired | 31 August 1917 |
Commissioned | 31 August 1917 |
Fate | Returned to owner 6 January 1919 |
Notes | Operated as private schooner Eclipse 1906-1917 and from 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Length | 84 ft (26 m) |
Beam | 19 ft 11 in (6.07 m) |
Draft | 12 ft (3.7 m) aft |
Propulsion | Sails plus auxiliary gasoline engine, one shaft |
Sail plan | Schooner-rigged |
Speed | 7 knots |
Complement | 14 |
Armament | 1 × 3-pounder gun |
USS Eclipse (SP-417) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Eclipse was built as a private motor schooner of the same name in 1906 by Bishops at Gloucester, Massachusetts. On 31 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Frank W. Spencer of Savannah, Georgia, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Eclipse (SP-417) with Lieutenant, junior grade, J. S. Thompson, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 6th Naval District, Eclipse was based at Savannah, where she served as a pilot boat and guard ship for the remainder of World War I.
Eclipse was returned to her owner on 6 January 1919 after the close of the First World War.
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Eclipse (American Auxiliary Schooner, 1906). Was USS Eclipse (SP-417) in 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Eclipse (SP 417)
Categories:
- Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
- World War I patrol vessels of the United States
- Ships built in Gloucester, Massachusetts
- 1906 ships
- Schooners of the United States Navy