| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name |
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| Acquired | 1917 |
| Renamed | SP-747 in 1918 |
| Fate | Stricken 1933 |
| Notes | On loan to Culver Naval School 1919–1933 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
USS Estelle (SP-747), later USS SP-747, was a United States Navy patrol vessel commissioned in 1917 and stricken in 1933.
Estelle was built as a private motorboat of the same name. The U.S. Navy acquired her in 1917[1] for use as a section patrol vessel in World War I. She apparently was commissioned that year as USS Estelle (SP-747).
Little information is available regarding Estelle's naval career. Apparently she saw service as a section patrol boat somewhere along the coast of the United States for the rest of World War I. She was renamed USS SP-747 sometime in 1918.[2]
On 23 June 1919, a dispatch directed the Commandant, 3rd Naval District, to ship SP-747 and the patrol boat USS Ahdeek (SP-2589) to the Culver Naval School in Culver, Indiana.[3] Like Ahdeek, she presumably operated there on loan from the Navy for many years,[4] because she was not stricken from the Navy Directory until sometime in 1933,[5] the same year Ahdeek was stricken.[6]
Notes
- ↑ SP-747 Estelle at Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799.
- ↑ SP-747 Estelle at Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a4/ahdeek.htm.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a4/ahdeek.htm.
- ↑ SP-747 Estelle at Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799.
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a4/ahdeek.htm.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here. (for USS Ahdeek)
- SP-747 Estelle at Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799
- SP-747 Estelle at NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft (SP) and Civilian Vessels (ID) Index