USS Anado

Anado in private use in 1917, prior to her United States Navy service.
History
United States
Name	USS Anado
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Gas Engine and Power Company and Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed	1917
Acquired	8 July 1917
Commissioned	17 August 1917
Stricken	26 February 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 26 February 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Anado 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	33 gross register tons
Length	70 ft (21 m)
Beam	13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m) aft
Speed	20 miles per hour [1]
Complement	10

USS Anado (SP-455) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Anado was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1917 by the Gas Engine and Power Company and the Charles L. Seabury Company at Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York. On 8 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mr. J. A. Mollenhauer of Brooklyn, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Anado (SP-455) on 17 August 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Anado carried out patrol duties in the New York City and Long Island, New York, area for the remainder of World War I.

Anado was stricken from the Navy List on 26 February 1919 and returned to Mollenhauer the same day.

Notes

1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a8/anado.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170455.htm gives Anado's speed as 20 "miles per hour," implying statute miles per hour, and unusual measure of speed for a wtercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 20 knots. If 20 statute "miles per hour" per is correct, the equivalent in knots is 17.4.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Anado (American Motor Boat, 1917). Served as USS Anado (SP-455) in 1917-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Anado (SP 455)