USS Najelda

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NameUSS Najelda
BuilderN. Emanuel, Brunswick, Georgia
Launched1907
Acquired1 May 1917
Commissioned6 May 1917
Decommissioned9 December 1918
Stricken11 June 1919
FateSold, 30 October 1919
General characteristics
Type Patrol boat
Displacement52 long tons (53 t)
Length65 ft (20 m)
Beam18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement5
Armament

USS Najelda (SP-277) was a wooden motor boat, was built in 1907 by N. Emanuel, Brunswick, Georgia, for Capt. F. P. Barry, of New Orleans, Louisiana. She was acquired by the United States Navy on 1 May 1917, and commissioned on 6 May 1917.

After patrol duty along the Gulf Coast, she was decommissioned on 9 December 1918, struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 11 June 1919, and sold to A. Denapolis, New Orleans, on 30 October 1919.

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