Idylease (American Motor Boat, 1916) probably in New York Harbor, c. 1916-1917. | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Idylease |
Namesake | A former name retained |
Owner | Richard Goldsmith of New York City |
Builder | Kyle and Purdy, City Island, New York |
Christened | as the pleasure motor boat Idylease |
Completed | 1916 |
Acquired | leased by the Navy, June 1917 |
Commissioned | 9 July 1917 |
Decommissioned | c. April 1919 |
Stricken | c. April 1919 |
Homeport | |
Fate | Returned to her owner at Norfolk 30 April 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Yacht |
Tonnage | 29 tons |
Length | 65 ft (20 m) |
Beam | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) |
Draft | 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) |
Propulsion | motor |
Speed | 10 knots |
Complement | not known |
Armament | One 1-pounder gun |
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