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Edithena (SP 624)


Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History: Edithena (No. 624), a motorboat, was built by C. L Seabury Co., Morris Heights, N.Y., in 1914, purchased by the Navy in June 1917, and commissioned on 20 June 1917, Boatswain U. L. Norton, USNRF, in command. Assigned to the 1st Naval District, she performed patrol duty out of Boston for the remainder of World War I and into 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List on 21 October 1919 and subsequently transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown; Length 76'; Beam 16'; Draft 4'; Speed 12 kts.; Complement 11; Armament one 1-pounder; Propulsion gasoline engine, one shaft.
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Paloma 107k In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918. They are (from left to right): USS Paloma (SP-533);USS Edithena (SP-624); and USS Elsie III (SP-708). Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston.
USN Photograph NH 45270
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The DANFS History for Edithena (SP 624) is listed above.
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