USS Narada (SP-161)

Narada as a civilian yacht before her US Navy service
History
United States
Name	USS Narada
Namesake	Narada
Builder	Ramage & Ferguson, Leith
Launched	30 May 1889
Completed	1889
Acquired	30 June 1917
Commissioned	12 October 1917
Decommissioned	13 January 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 4 February 1919
Notes	Operated as private steam yacht Semiramis, Margarita, and Narada 1889–1917 and as Narada from 1919 In commercial use until the late 1930s
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	505 GRT[1]
Length	224 ft (68 m)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft	15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

USS Narada (SP-161) was a steam yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Narada was built as the wooden-hulled, steam-powered civilian yacht SS Semiramis by Ramage & Ferguson at Leith, Scotland, being launched on 30 May 1889. She later was renamed SS Margarita and then SS Narada. The U.S. Navy purchased Narada from her owner, Mr. Henry D. Walters of Baltimore, Maryland, on 30 June 1917 for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned on 12 October 1917 as USS Narada (SP-161) with Lieutenant Charles Rodstrom in command.

During her entire period of naval service, Narada was based at New London, Connecticut, for experimental submarine signal work.

After completion of this service, Narada departed for New York City, arriving there on 13 January 1919. She was decommissioned the same day and returned to her owner on 4 February 1919.

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• 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 Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Narada (SP-161), 1917-1919. Previously a civilian yacht named Semiramis, Margarita and Narada.
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Narada (SP 161)