USS Galatea (SP-714)
Galatea (American Steam Yacht, 1914) probably photographed upon completion by her builder, Pusey and Jones of Wilmington, Delaware. |
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| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Galatea |
| Namesake: | A Greek mythological sea nymph |
| Owner: | E. L. Ford, Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan |
| Builder: | Pusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Completed: | 1914 |
| Acquired: | by the Navy 14 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 25 August 1917 as USS Galatea (SP 714) |
| Decommissioned: | 26 September 1917 |
| In service: | 16 November 1917 |
| Out of service: | 15 July 1919 at Boston, Massachusetts |
| Reclassified: | District Patrol Craft, USS Galatea (YP-714) |
| Fate: | sold 20 December 1921; fate unknown |
| Notes: | as YP-714, she served as a receiving ship for submarine crews |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Yacht |
| Displacement: | 367 tons |
| Length: | 192' |
| Beam: | 24' |
| Draft: | 9' |
| Propulsion: | steam engine |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Complement: | 57 officers and enlisted |
| Armament: | Three 3-inch guns |
USS Galatea (SP-714/YP-714) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed patrol craft and served in the North Atlantic Ocean. At war’s end she was used as a receiving ship in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, for submariners before being sold in 1921.
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