USS Scandinavia
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Not to be confused with MS Scandinavia or SS Scandinavian.
USS Scandinavia (SP-3363) was a patrol vessel in commission in the United States Navy from 1918 to 1919, seeing service in World War I. After her U.S. Navy service, she was in commission in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey as the survey launch USC&GS Scandinavia from 1919.
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USC&GS Scandinavia operating in Southeast Alaska in 1927 during her United States Coast and Geodetic Survey service. | |
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United States Navy | |
Name | USS Scandinavia (SP-3363) |
Namesake | Scandinavia, a region of northern Europe (previous name retained) |
Builder | G. T. Taylor Marine Railway, Norfolk, Virginia |
Completed | 1916 |
Acquired | 3 or 5 October 1918 |
Commissioned | 5 October 1918 |
Decommissioned | 21 May 1919 |
Stricken | 21 May 1919 |
Fate | Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 21 May 1919 |
Notes | In use as civilian motorboat Scandinavia 1916–1918 |
U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey | |
Name | USC&GS Scandinavia |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 21 May 1919 |
General characteristics (as U.S. Navy vessel) | |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Displacement | 26 tons |
Length | 61 ft (19 m) |
Beam | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
Draft | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
Propulsion | 2 x 4-cylinder, 45 hp (34 kW) Sterling gasoline engines, 2 x shafts |
Speed | 8.6 or 10 knots (sources disagree) |
Complement | 8 |
General characteristics (as U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey vessel) | |
Type | Survey launch |
Capacity | Berthing for 3 people |
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