USS Edithena
motor yacht , underway sometime between 1914 and 1917.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Edithena |
Owner | Loring Q. White, Boston, Massachusetts (1914) |
Builder | Bronx, New York |
Launched | 1914 |
Sponsored by | Miss Adena White |
Completed | 1914 |
Homeport | Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts |
Fate | Sold to U.S. Navy June 1917 |
United States Navy | |
Name | USS Edithena |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Cost | US$ 17,000 |
Acquired | June 1917 |
Commissioned | 20 June 1917 or August 1917 |
Stricken | 21 October 1919 |
Fate | Transferred to the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries |
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries | |
Name | USFS Widgeon |
Namesake | , known as dabbling ducks |
Acquired | October 1919 |
Identification |
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Fate | Transferred to Fish and Wildlife Service 30 June 1940 |
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service | |
Name | US FWS Widgeon |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 30 June 1940 |
Fate | Transferred to U.S. Navy 1942 |
Acquired | Transferred from U.S. Navy 1944 |
Fate |
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United States Navy | |
Name | USS YP-200 |
Acquired | 1942 |
Commissioned | 1942 |
Stricken | 29 July 1944 |
Fate | Transferred to Fish and Wildlife Service 1944 |
United States | |
Name | Edithena |
Namesake | Previous name restored |
Acquired | By 1947 |
Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
United States | |
Name | Ila Mae |
Homeport | Anacortes, Washington |
Fate | Extant 1986 |
Notes | Fishing vessel; registered 1970–1986 |
General characteristics (as motor yacht) | |
Type | Motor yacht |
Length | 75 ft (22.9 m) |
Propulsion | 2 x ≈50–65 gasoline engines |
Speed |
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Boats & landing craft carried | |
Crew | 6 |
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy patrol boat) | |
Type | Patrol boat |
Length | 75 ft (22.9 m) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Draft | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
Propulsion | 2 x ≈50–65 hp (37–48 kW) 570 rpm Speedway gasoline engines |
Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 11 |
Armament | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
General characteristics (as BOF fishery patrol boat) | |
Type | Fishery patrol boat |
Tonnage | 15 GRT |
Length | ca. 68 ft (20.7 m) (sources vary) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Draft | 3.75 ft (1.1 m) |
Propulsion | 2 x ≈50–65 hp (37–48 kW) 570 rpm Speedway gasoline engines |
Speed | 9–12 knots (17–22 km/h; 10–14 mph) |
USS Edithena was a
Construction, characteristics, and private use
Edithena was built as a private
Edithena was
The
Under an
on 21 October 1919 and transferred to the BOF.U.S. Bureau of Fisheries
After the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries (BOF) renamed the vessel USFS Widgeon,
At Seattle, Widgeon underwent modifications for BOF service as a
Widgeon was out of service during July 1929 while her engines underwent repairs, and that month
When Widgeon arrived in Alaskan waters, her
Fish and Wildlife Service
In 1939, the BOF was transferred from the United States Department of Commerce to the United States Department of the Interior,[5] and on 30 June 1940, it was merged with the Interior Department's Division of Biological Survey to form the new Fish and Wildlife Service,[6] an element of the Interior Department destined to become the United States Fish and Wildlife Service in 1956.[7] The vessel thus became part of the FWS fleet as US FWS Widgeon.
The U.S. Navy acquired Widgeon in 1942 for
The Navy struck YP-200 from the
Later career
By 1947, the vessel had reverted to her original name, Edithena, and was under private ownership with her home port at Seattle.[3] From 1970 to 1986, she was in service as a fishing vessel with the name Ila Mae and her home port at Anacortes, Washington.[3]
References
Footnotes
- ^ U.S. Department of Commerce Bureau of Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, Merchant Vessels of the United States (Including Yachts and Government Vessels), Year Ended June 30, 1933, Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, 1932, pp. 151, 1131.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Anonymous, "Edithena---A Twin Screw 75-Footer," Power Boating, July 1914, pp. 37–38 Retrieved August 20, 2019
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x NOAA Fisheries Alaska Science Fisheries Center AFSC Historical Corner: Widgeon, World War I Boat
- ^ NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center "AFSC Historical Corner: Petrel and Merganser, World War I Boats"
- ^ "Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1930's". NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1940's". NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ "Fisheries Historical Timeline: Historical Highlights 1950's". NOAA Fisheries Service: Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). June 16, 2011. Retrieved September 11, 2017.
- ^ a b Bruhn, p. 75.
- ^ Bruhn, p. 281.
Bibliography
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Bruhn, David D. Battle Stars for the "Cactus Navy": America's Fishing Vessels and Yachts in World War II. Berwyn Heights, Maryland: Heritage Books 2014. ISBN 978-0-7884-5573-5
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Edithena at NavSource Naval History