USS Parthenia (SP-671)

USS Parthenia (SP-671) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 or 1920.

Parthenia as a private yacht sometime between 1903 and 1917.
History
United States
Name:	USS Parthenia
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed:	1903
Acquired:	Purchased 15 August 1917 Delivered 18 August 1917
Commissioned:	1917
Fate:	Sold 17 August 1920
Notes:	Operated as private yacht Parthenia 1903-1917
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	114 gross register tons
Length:	131 ft (40 m)
Beam:	18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft:	7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)
Propulsion:	Steam engine
Speed:	13.5 knots
Complement:	22
Armament:	1 × 3-pounder gun 1 × machine gun

Parthenia was built as a private steam yacht of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1903. On 15 August 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her from Colonel Harry E. Converse for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. Converse delivered her to the Navy on 18 August 1917, and she was commissioned as USS Parthenia (SP-671).

Parthenia performed patrol duty off the United States East Coast, apparently in New England waters, for the rest of World War I and for some time after the end of the war.

Parthenia was sold on 17 August 1920.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Parthenia (SP-671), 1917-1920. Originally the civilian steam yacht Parthenia (1903)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Parthenia (SP 671)

USS Parthenia (SP-671), painted in dazzle camouflage, is at right. At left is the submarine chaser USS SC-344 moored next to an unidentified submarine chaser.