USS Tangier (SP-469)
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Name | USS Tangier |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Builder | J. Woodtull, , Virginia |
Acquired | 1917 |
Commissioned | 24 April 1917 |
Fate | Returned to owner 22 October 1918 |
Notes | Operated as private motor yacht Tangier before April 1917 and from October 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Tonnage | 7 gross register tons[1] |
Length | 62 ft 0 in (18.90 m) |
Beam | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Draft | 2 ft 4 in (0.71 m) mean |
Speed | 14 knots |
Armament | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
The first USS Tangier (SP-469) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Tangier was built as a private motor yacht of the same name by J. Woodtull at , Virginia. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. J. S. Parsons of Norfolk, Virginia, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Tangier (SP-469) on 24 April 1917.
Little is known of Tangier's operational history. She probably carried out patrol duties in the waters near Norfolk and in the lower reaches of the Chesapeake Bay.[2]
Tangier was returned to her owner on 22 October 1918.
Notes[]
- ^ "SP-469 Tangier". Navy Naval History and Heritage Command. Archived from the original on 2012-11-04.
- ^ "Tangier I (SP-469)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command.
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Tangier (SP 469)
Categories:
- Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
- World War I patrol vessels of the United States
- Ships built in Virginia
- Individual yachts