USS Narada (SP-161)

USS Narada (SP-161) was a yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Narada as a civilian yacht prior to her U.S. Navy service.
History
United States
Name: USS Narada
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Ramsey and Ferguson, Leith, Scotland
Launched: 30 May 1889
Completed: 1889
Acquired: 30 June 1917
Commissioned: 12 October 1917
Decommissioned: 13 January 1919
Fate: Returned to owner 4 February 1919
Notes:
  • Operated as private yacht SS Semiramis, SS Margarita, and SS Narada 1889-1917 and as SS Narada from 1919
  • In commercial use until the late 1930s
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 505 GRT[1]
Length: 224 ft (68 m)
Beam: 27 ft (8.2 m)
Draft: 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m)
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)

Narada was built as the wooden-hulled, steam-powered civilian yacht SS Semiramis by Ramsey and Ferguson at Leith, Scotland, being launched on 30 May 1889. She later was renamed SS Margarita and then SS Narada. The U.S. Navy purchased Narada from her owner, Mr. Henry D. Walters of Baltimore, Maryland, on 30 June 1917 for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned on 12 October 1917 as USS Narada (SP-161) with Lieutenant Charles Rodstrom in command.

During her entire period of naval service, Narada was based at New London, Connecticut, for experimental submarine signal work.

After completion of this service, Narada departed for New York City, arriving there on 13 January 1919. She was decommissioned the same day and returned to her owner on 4 February 1919.

See also
  • Narada for the origin of her name

Notes
  1. the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n1/narada.htm) reports that the ship's displacement was 505 tons and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170161.htm) repeats this, but the Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-n/sp161.htm) indicates that this figure represents her gross tonnage, a more likely measurement for a yacht.

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