USS Winchester (SP-156)
USS Winchester |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Winchester |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Acquired: | 30 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 4 September 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 19 December 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 24 March 1921 |
| Notes: | Operated as private yacht SS Winchester 1916-1917 and SS Winchester and SS Renard 1921-1940 Served in Royal Canadian Navy as patrol vessel HMCS Renard (S13), later reclassified Z13, 1940-1944 Returned to owners 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 399 gross tons |
| Length: | 225 ft (69 m) |
| Beam: | 21 ft (6.4 m) |
| Draft: | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) (aft) |
| Installed power: | 15,000 horsepower (11.2 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Two 7,500-horsepower (5.6-megawatt) geared steam turbines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 31.65 knots |
| Armament: | 1 x 3-inch (76.2-millimeter) gun 1 x 6-pounder gun 2 x machine guns 1 x "Y gun" depth charge projector |
USS Winchester (SP-156) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
Read more about USS Winchester (SP-156): Construction, Acquisition, and Commissioning, United States Navy Service, 1917-1919, Civilian Career, 1921-1940, Royal Canadian Navy Service, 1940-1944
Famous quotes containing the word winchester:
“Up from the South at break of day,
Bringing to Winchester fresh dismay,
The affrighted air with a shudder bore,
Like a herald in haste, to the chieftain’s door,
The terrible grumble, and rumble, and roar,
Telling the battle was on once more,
And Sheridan twenty miles away.”
—Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)