USS Annabelle

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Annabelle (or Anna Belle) probably as a private motorboat sometime between 1898 and 1917.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Annabelle or Anna Belle
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderJohn Archie
Completed1898
Acquired15 June 1917
Commissioned16 August 1917
FateReturned to owner 20 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Annabelle or Anna Belle 1898-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage8 Gross register tons
Length37 ft 11 in (11.56 m)
Beam11 ft 0 in (3.35 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) aft
Speed8 miles per hour [1]
Complement5
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Annabelle (SP-1206), also spelled Anna Belle, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Annabelle was built in 1898 as a private motorboat of the same name by John Archie. On 15 June 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, Mr. W. J. Mathewes of Chincoteague, Virginia, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Annabelle or Anna Belle (SP-1206) on 16 August 1917.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Annabelle served on section patrol duties in the Norfolk, Virginia-Hampton Roads area until returned to Matthewes on 20 December 1918.

Notes

  1. ↑ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a9/annabelle.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171206.htm give Annabelle's speed as 8 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 8 knots. If 8 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 7.

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