USS Nelansu
U.S. Navy .
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Nelansu |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | R. Bigelow, Monument Beach, Massachusetts |
| Acquired | Either on or prior to 26 May 1917[1] or on 20 July 1917[2] |
| Commissioned | 26 May 1917[3] |
| Decommissioned | 30 November 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 30 November 1918 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat U. S. Kent[4] and Nelansu until 1917 and Nelansu from 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 15 gross register tons |
| Length | 51 ft 1.5 in (15.583 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 10 in (0.86 m) |
| Speed | 22 knots |
| Complement | 8 |
| Armament | 1 × 1-pounder gun |
USS Nelansu (SP-610) was a
patrol vessel
in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Nelansu was built as a private motorboat by R. Bigelow at Monument Beach, Massachusetts. Some sources say her original name was U. S. Kent,[5] while others state that this only was a possibility,[6] but all agree that she was named Nelansu by 1917.
In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free
section patrol boat during World War I, and she was commissioned as USS Nelansu (SP-610). Sources disagree on the timing of these events, claiming acquisition dates of both 26 May[7] and 20 July[8] 1917; the only source to provide a commissioning date places it on 26 May 1917.[9]
Assigned to the
Boston
, Massachusetts, area for the rest of World War I.
Nelansu was
decommissioned
on 30 November 1918 and returned to Kent the same day.
Notes
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Kiowa (SP-711), 1917–1919. Later renamed SP-711 claims Nelansu was commissioned on 26 May 1917 without mentioning a specific acquisition date, while NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 711) claims she was acquired on 26 May 1917.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k4/kiowa-ii.htm.
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Kiowa (SP-711), 1917–1919. Later renamed SP-711 claims Nelansu was commissioned on this date. Other sources do not provide a commissioning date; according to Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k4/kiowa-ii.htm, 26 May 1917 was nearly two months before she even had been acquired.
- ^ NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Nelansu (SP 610) states this as a certainty, while Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Nelansu (Motor Boat, 1909). Possibly previously named U.S. Kent. Served as USS Nelansu (SP-610) in 1917–1918 says both that it was a certainty and a possibility.
- ^ NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Nelansu (SP 610) states this as a certainty, while Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Nelansu (Motor Boat, 1909). Possibly previously named U.S. Kent. Served as USS Nelansu (SP-610) in 1917–1918 says both that it was a certainty and a possibility.
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Nelansu (Motor Boat, 1909). Possibly previously named U.S. Kent. Served as USS Nelansu (SP-610) in 1917–1918 states that it was both a possibility and a certainty
- ^ NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 711) claims she was acquired on 26 May 1917.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k4/kiowa-ii.htm.
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Kiowa (SP-711), 1917–1919. Later renamed SP-711 claims Nelansu was commissioned on 26 May 1917.
References
- 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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Nelansu (Motor Boat, 1909). Possibly previously named U.S. Kent. Served as USS Nelansu (SP-610) in 1917–1918
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Nelansu (SP 610)