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USS Mohican (SP-117)
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other ships with the same name, see USS Mohican.
The third USS Mohican (SP-117), later USS SP-117, was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
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![]() USS SP-117, formerly USS Mohican (SP-117), refitting at Tebo's Yacht Works in Brooklyn, New York in the spring of 1919 after decommissioning there in February 1919. | |
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Name | USS Mohican |
Namesake | Named for the Mohican Native American tribe (previous name retained) |
Builder | Laird Brothers, Birkenhead |
Launched | 1890 |
Completed | 1890 |
Acquired | 19 April 1917 |
Commissioned | 7 June 1917 |
Decommissioned | 15 February 1919 |
Renamed | USS SP-117 April 1918 |
Fate | Returned to owner 17 February 1919 |
Notes | Operated as private yacht Norseman, Lady Godiva and Mohican 1890-1917 and as Mohican from 1919. Then Waluchia II, Apache. WW2 service with Royal Navy as Inquisitor and in 1947 registered as Ourania |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Aux steam yacht |
Type | Patrol vessel |
Tonnage | 231 tons |
Length | 144 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 23 ft (7.0 m) |
Draft | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
Propulsion | Steam engine |
Speed | 8.6 knots |
Complement | 48 |
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Aircraft carried | 1 × observation balloon (kite balloon) from August 1918 |
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