USS Wendy

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USS Wendy (SP-448).jpg
USS Wendy (SP-448) during World War I with a sailor manning the 1-pounder gun on her bow.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Wendy
NamesakePrevious name retained
Builder Jahncke Navigation Company, New Orleans, Louisiana
Completed1913
Acquired1 July 1917
Commissioned3 August 1917
Decommissioned9 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 9 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Wendy 1913-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage24 gross register tons
Length55 ft (17 m)
Beam11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) aft
Speed9 knots
Complement9
Armament

USS Wendy (SP-448) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Wendy as a private motorboat sometime between 1913 and 1917. Motorboat Wendy.jpg
Wendy as a private motorboat sometime between 1913 and 1917.

Wendy was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by the Jahncke Navigation Company at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 1 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. C. A Sporl of New Orleans, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned at New Orleans as USS Wendy (SP-448) on 3 August 1917.

Wendy carried out patrol duties in the waters around New Orleans for the remainder of World War I.

Wendy was decommissioned on 9 December 1918 and returned to Sporl the same day.

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