USS Yacona (SP-617)
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The auxiliary patrol vessel USS Yacona (SP-617) was built in 1898 in Scotland as a civilian steam yacht of the same name.[lower-alpha 1] Later, she was renamed Amélia as a survey yacht of the King of Portugal, before reverting to Yacona in 1901. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy in September 1917 and served until 1919 as a patrol vessel in the western Atlantic. In 1921 she was transferred to the Philippines as the governmental yacht Apo, serving until 1932.
For other ships with the same name, see USS Yacona.
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USS Yacona (SP-617) (foreground) at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, ca. December 1917. | |
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Owner |
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Builder | John Scott and Company, Kinghorn, Scotland |
Yard number | 102 |
Launched | 18 July 1898 |
Completed | 9 August 1898 |
Fate | Sold to US Navy, 29 September 1917 |
History | |
United States | |
Name | USS Yacona |
Namesake | Previous name retained |
Acquired | 29 September 1917 |
Commissioned | 10 December 1917 |
Decommissioned | 17 July 1921 |
Fate | Transferred to the Philippines 17 July 1921 |
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Philippines | |
Name | Apo |
Owner | Insular Government of the Philippine Islands |
Acquired | 17 July 1921 |
Fate | Returned to the USA in 1932 |
General characteristics 1918 | |
Tonnage | 527 GRT |
Length | 211 ft 0 in (64.31 m) |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
Depth of hold | 15 ft 9 in (4.80 m) |
Speed | 12.5 knots (23.2 km/h; 14.4 mph) |
Complement | 67 |
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