USS Anderton (SP-530)
USS Anderton (SP-530) Photographed probably at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, circa August 1917 while preparing for deployment overseas. Two battleships are in the background, with that in the center being either USS Delaware (Battleship # 28) or USS North Dakota (Battleship # 29). |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Raymond J. Anderton (1917) USS Anderton (1917-1919) |
| Namesake: | Raymond J. Anderton was her previous name retained Anderton was a shortening of her name mandated by a Department of the Navy general order |
| Builder: | Robert Palmer and Son, Noank, Groton, Connecticut |
| Completed: | 1911 |
| Acquired: | 18 June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 18 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 8 September 1919 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 1919 |
| Notes: | In service as commercial fishing trawler Raymond J. Anderton 1911-1917 and 1919-1922 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel and Minesweeper |
| Tonnage: | 290 gross register tons |
| Length: | 139 ft 6 in (42.52 m) |
| Beam: | 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m) |
| Draft: | 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m) mean |
| Speed: | 11 knots |
| Armament: | 1 x 3-inch (76.2-mm) gus 2 x .30-caliber (7.62-mm) Colt machine guns 1 x .30-caliber (7.62-mm) Lewis Gun |
USS Anderton (SP-530), originally to have been USS Raymond J. Anderton (SP-530), was a patrol vessel and minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.
Read more about USS Anderton (SP-530): Acquisition and Commissioning, World War I, Postwar, Disposal
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