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USS Estella
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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USS Estella (SP-537) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Estella was built in 1912 as a private motorboat. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Estella (SP-537) on 24 May 1917.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Estella operated on patrol duties in northern New England waters for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Estella was stricken from the Navy List on 13 June 1919 and sold in 1920.
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- SP-537: Estella at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599
- Photo gallery of USS Estella at NavSource Naval History
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