USS Normannia

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NameUSS Normannia
NamesakePrevious name retained
Builder Fellows Boat Works, San Diego, California
Completed1912
Acquired10 July 1917
Commissioned10 July 1917
FateReturned to owner 23 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Normannia 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage8 Gross register tons
Length42 ft (13 m)
Beam9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Draft2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed9 knots (17 km/h)
Armament

USS Normannia (SP-756) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Normannia was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1912 by Fellows Boat Works at San Diego, California. On 10 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, F. Thum of Pasadena, California, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Normannia (SP-756).

Assigned to the 12th Naval District and based at San Francisco, California, Normannia operated on patrol duty for the rest of World War I, guarding the harbor entrance, protecting the coast between San Francisco and San Diego, and putting to sea for special duty [1] on 13 August 1917. She is known to have alternated between guard and patrol duty at San Diego ca. December 1917, rotating with the patrol boats USS Albacore (SP-751), USS Rosa (SP-757), USS Nomad (SP-1046), and occasionally USS Natalie Mae (SP-1005). [2]

The Navy returned Normannia to Thum on 23 December 1918.

Notes

  1. ↑ No source describes this duty.
  2. ↑ See Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry for USS Nomad (SP-1046) at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n6/nomad.htm.

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