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Akela (SP 1793)


Yacht: Built in 1899 by the Gas Engine and Power Co. and the Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY; Acquired by the Navy 24 December 1917; Commissioned 16 April 1918 at the New York Navy Yard; Decommissioned, (date unknown); Returned to her owner, Henry Alfred Bishop, Bridgeport, CT 15 April 1919; Struck from the Naval list 15 May 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 72 t.; Length 117' 6"; Beam 14' 6"; Draft 4' 8"; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 15; Armament none.


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Akela 136k Underway prior to World War I.
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