USS Anado

Anado in private use in 1917, prior to her United States Navy service.
History
United States
NameUSS Anado
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed1917
Acquired8 July 1917
Commissioned17 August 1917
Stricken26 February 1919
FateReturned to owner 26 February 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Anado 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage33 gross register tons
Length70 ft (21 m)
Beam13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m) aft
Speed20 miles per hour[1]
Complement10

USS Anado (SP-455) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Anado was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1917 by the Gas Engine and Power Company and the Charles L. Seabury Company at Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York. On 8 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mr. J. A. Mollenhauer of Brooklyn, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Anado (SP-455) on 17 August 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Anado carried out patrol duties in the New York City and Long Island, New York, area for the remainder of World War I.

Anado was stricken from the Navy List on 26 February 1919 and returned to Mollenhauer the same day.

Notes

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  1. ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a8/anado.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170455.htm gives Anado's speed as 20 "miles per hour," implying statute miles per hour, and unusual measure of speed for a wtercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 20 knots. If 20 statute "miles per hour" per is correct, the equivalent in knots is 17.4.

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