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Alcedo (SP 166)

Sunk 5 November 1917

Patrol Yacht: Built in 1895 as the yacht Veglia by D. and W. Henderson & Co., Ltd., Glasgow, Scotland; Acquired by the Navy 28 July 1917; Commissioned Alcedo (SP 166), 28 July 1917 at New York; Torpeoded and sunk 5 November 1917 by the UC-71, 75 miles off the French coast; Struck from the Navy list 17 December 1917.

Specifications: Displacement 981 t.; Length 275'; Beam 31'; Draft 16' 4"; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 94; Armament four 3" and two machine guns.


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Alcedo 88k Veglia Jim Rogers
Alcedo 83k Photographed by Edwin Levick, while off New York City in August 1917.
U.S. Navy photo NH 57785
Naval Historical Center
Alcedo 105k Off New York City, August 1917. Probably photographed by Edwin Levick.
U.S. Navy photo NH 57015
Naval Historical Center

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