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Patrol Yacht
Wasp


Columbia, a steam yacht, built in 1898 by William Cramp & Sons, Philadelphia, PA; Acquired by the Navy from Mr. J. H. Ladew; Renamed Wasp; and commissioned at New York on 11 April 1898; Decommissioned, 27 September 1898; Placed in service, 15 December 1898 and loaned to the Florida State Militia for training purposes; Placed out of service, 23 July 1902; Recommissioned, 2 October 1902; Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1919; Formally decommissioned, 1 December 1919; Sold, 20 September 1921to Mr. Halsted P. Layton, Georgetown, DE. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement, 630 tons; Length, 180' (wl); Beam, 23'; Draft, 12'; Speed,16.5 kts.; Complement, 55; Armament four 6-pounders and two Colt machine guns.
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Wasp 82k At the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 19 November 1898.
USN Photo NR&L(O) 2220.
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