USS Wave (SP-1706)

Wave in civilian use prior to World War I
History
United States
Name	USS Wave
Builder	Fore River Shipbuilding Company, Quincy, Massachusetts
Completed	1912[1] or 1913.[2]
Acquired	Never
Notes	Civilian fishing trawler ordered delivered to Navy in 1917 and 1918 but never taken over by Navy
General characteristics
Type	Minesweeper
Displacement	450 tons (nominal)
Length	119 ft 8 in (36.47 m)
Beam	22 ft 6 in (6.86 m)
Draft	12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) mean
Propulsion	Steam
Speed	10 knots
Notes	Conversion 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 , 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.

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References[]

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

External links[]

• Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Wave (American Fishing Vessel, 1912) at the Library of Congress Web Archives (archived 2012-10-09)