USS Enaj (SP-578)

USS Enaj (SP-578) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
Name:	USS Enaj
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed:	1909
Acquired:	11 June 1917
Commissioned:	11 June 1917
Fate:	Returned to owner 31 December 1918
Notes:	Operated as private yacht Enaj 1909-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	92 gross register tons
Length:	89 ft 4 in (27.23 m)
Beam:	17 ft 8 in (5.38 m)
Draft:	5 ft (1.5 m) forward
Propulsion:	One 75 indicated horsepower (55.9-kilowatt) steam engine, one shaft
Speed:	11 knots
Complement:	12

Enaj was built as a private steam yacht of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1909. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Enaj (SP-578) with Ensign L. F. Herreshoff, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Enaj carried out patrols and executed special duty assignments with the Inspection Section at Newport, Rhode Island, for the rest of World War I.

Enaj was returned to her owner on 31 December 1918.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-578 Enaj at Department of the Navy Naval 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-500 through SP-599
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Enaj (SP 578)