USS Edith II (SP-296), later USS SP-296, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
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Name | USS Edith II |
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Builder | Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
Completed | 1917 |
Acquired | May 1917 |
Commissioned | 1917 |
Renamed | USS SP-296 in 1918 |
Fate | Returned to owner early 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Tonnage | 33 tons |
Length | 50 ft (15 m) |
Beam | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
Draft | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 11 |
Armament | 2 × 3-pounder guns |
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Edith II was built by the Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1917. The United States Navy acquired her from her owner, Carnot M. Ward of Whippany, New Jersey, in May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and commissioned her as USS Edith II (SP-296). In 1918, her name was changed to USS SP-296.
Edith II was returned to Ward in early 1919.