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Wanderer (SP 132)


Yacht: Built in 1897 as Kethailes by Ramage & Ferguson, Leith, Scotland; Renamed Wanderer; Acquired by the Navy 10 June 1917 at New York; Commissioned Wanderer (SP 132), 14 July 1917; Decommissioned in April 1919 at New York; Struck from the Navy list 24 April 1919; Sold 22 July 1920 to J. S. Webster, Baltimore, MD. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 362 t.; Length 197'; Beam 24' 2"; Draft 13'; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 56; Armament two 3" and two machine guns.


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Wanderer 94k In port, circa 1917-1919.
U.S. Navy photo NH 102506
Naval Historical Center
Wanderer 142k Underway at sea, circa 1917, possibly while running trials after her conversion for Navy service.
U.S. Navy photo NH 89758
Naval Historical Center

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