| USS Najelda (SP-277) | |
|---|---|
| Career |  |
| Name: | USS Najelda |
| Builder: | N. Emanuel, Brunswick, Georgia |
| Launched: | 1907 |
| Acquired: | 1 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 6 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 9 December 1918 |
| Struck: | 11 June 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold, 30 October 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol boat |
| Displacement: | 52 long tons (53 t) |
| Length: | 65 ft (20 m) |
| Beam: | 18 ft 5 in (5.61 m) |
| Draft: | 5 ft (1.5 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 5 |
| Armament: |
• 1 × 6-pounder gun • 2 × machine guns |
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.
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links[]
- Photo gallery at Navsource.org
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