USS Alice (SP-367)

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At anchor prior to World War I, while employed as a pleasure craft.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
Name USS Alice (SP-367)
BuilderGas Engine and Power Co., and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, NY
Launched1913
Acquired8 May 1917
Commissioned29 September 1917
Decommissioned9 May 1919
Stricken7 July 1919
FateSold, 5 August 1919
General characteristics
Displacement20 t
Length60 ft (18 m)
Beam10 ft 10 in (3.30 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph)
Complement6
Armament

The second Alice (SP-367)-a motorboat built in 1913 at Morris Heights, N.Y., by the Gas Engine & Power Co. & Charles L. Seabury Co.-was acquired by the Navy from Mr. David H. Morris, of New York City, on 8 May 1917 and commissioned on 29 September 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, she served as a dispatch boat through the end of World War I, transporting inspection and inventory parties around New York harbor. She was decommissioned on 9 May 1919, and her name was struck from the Navy list on 7 July 1919. On 5 August 1919, she was sold to Mr. Reinhard Hall, of New York, NY.

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