USS Onward (SP-311)
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about USS Onward (SP-311)?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
SHOW ALL QUESTIONS
For other ships with the same name, see USS Onward.
USS Onward (SP-311), a former yacht named Galatea and then Ungava was a patrol yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey where she served briefly until return to the Navy for a brief time before her disposal by sale.[1] She was renamed Thelma Phoebe.[2]
Quick Facts History, United States ...
Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Onward. This vessel was received from the Navy following World War I and served with the C&GS for a short time before being returned to the Navy in 1920. Hampton, Virginia 1919. (Image ID: ship0547, NOAA's Fleet Then and Now – Sailing for Science Collection) | |
History | |
---|---|
United States | |
Name | USS Onward (SP-311)/USC&GS Onward, ex Ungava, ex Galatea |
Builder | Consolidated Shipbuilding (consolidating Charles L. Seabury Co. and Gas Engine & Power Co.), Morris Heights, Bronx, New York |
Launched | 1908 |
Acquired | Navy: 1 August 1917 USC&GS: 18 April 1919 |
Commissioned | Navy: 22 September 1917 |
Decommissioned | 18 April 1919 |
In service | USC&GS 19 April 1919 |
Out of service | USC&GS 26 November 1920 |
Fate | Wrecked in April 1923 on south end of Fishers Island, New York as the rum runner Thelma Phoebe. |
General characteristics | |
Tonnage | 157 |
Length | 140 ft 0 in (42.67 m) |
Beam | 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m) |
Draught | 6 ft 10.5 in (2.096 m) |
Speed | 13.8 knots |
Complement | 43 (Navy) |
Armament | 2 6–pdrs., 2 mg. (Navy) |
Close