USS Teresa
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Teresa |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | |
| Launched | 8 December 1899 |
| Completed | 1900 |
| Commissioned | 9 January 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 19 July 1919 |
| Fate |
|
| Notes | Served as commercial cargo ship SS Austrian and SS Teresa 1900-1918, SS Teresa 1919-1923, SS Demokratia 1923-1932, and SS Phoenix 1932 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Cargo ship |
| Tonnage | 3,769 gross register tons |
| Displacement | 6,800 tons |
| Length | 276 ft 9 in (84.35 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 8 in (15.14 m) |
| Draft | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 90 |
| Armament | 2 × 4-inch (102-mm) guns |
USS Teresa (Id. No. 4478) was a cargo ship that served in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919.
Construction, acquisition, and commissioning
Teresa was built as the commercial
, for Unione Austriaca di Navigazione. She later was renamed SS Teresa.The
master, the Army requested that the U.S. Navy man the ship. The Navy accepted the ship, assigned her the naval registry identification number (Id. No.) 4478, and commissioned her on 9 January 1918 at Newport News, Virginia
, as USS Teresa (ID-4478).
Assigned to the
St. Nazaire
on 4 March 1918. Teresa made four additional supply trips to France during the next 16 months.
Teresa ended her last U.S. Navy voyage at
decommissioned
at Philadelphia on 19 July 1919 and transferred her back to the United States Shipping Board the same day.
Later commercial service
Once again SS Teresa, the ship resumed commercial service. She was sold in 1923 to G. Perivolaris of Chios, Greece, and renamed SS Demokratia. In 1932 she was renamed Phoenix.
Phoenix was sold for scrapping on 14 November 1932 at Genoa, Italy.
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 Teresa (ID 4478)