USS Aileen

	USS Aileen moored at the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York, after being fitted for naval service, 21 May 1898. Ship getting underway is Viking another yacht converted for use in the Spanish–American War.
History
United States
Name	USS Aileen (1896)
Builder	Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
Launched	1896
Acquired	28 April 1898
Commissioned	14 May 1898
Decommissioned	5 July 1919
Stricken	12 August 1919
Fate	Sold 20 November 1920 to Tams, Lemoin and Crane of New York City. Fate unknown
General characteristics
Type	Patrol Yacht
Displacement	192 long tons (195 t)
Length	120 ft (37 m)
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft	8 ft (2.4 m)
Speed	14 kn (16 mph; 26 km/h)
Complement	33
Sensors and ; processing systems	1 × 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) gun; 2 × 1-pounder (37 mm (1.46 in)) guns;

USS Aileen—a yacht built in 1896 at the Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works shipyard in Chester, Pennsylvania, by John Roach & Sons—was purchased by the Navy on 28 April 1898; converted for naval service by the New York Navy Yard; and commissioned there on 14 May 1898.

Service history

Found unfit for cruising the open seas, Aileen served on coastal defense through the

2nd Naval District, patrolling the New England coastline between New London, Connecticut and Block Island Sound. After February 1919, she operated from New London with the Reserve Squadron, anti-submarine Squadrons, engaged in training missions. She was decommissioned on 5 July 1919 and, 18 days later, was ordered sold. Her name was struck from the Navy list

on 12 August. On 20 November 1920, she was sold to Tarns, Lemoin & Crane, of New York City.

References

Eger, Christopher L. (March 2021). "Hudson Fulton Celebration, Part II". Warship International. LVIII (1): 58–81.
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