USS Parthenia (SP-671) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919 or 1920.

Parthenia as a private yacht sometime between 1903 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Parthenia
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed1903
Acquired
  • Purchased 15 August 1917
  • Delivered 18 August 1917
Commissioned1917
FateSold 17 August 1920
NotesOperated as private yacht Parthenia 1903-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage114 gross register tons
Length131 ft (40 m)
Beam18 ft (5.5 m)
Draft7 ft 5 in (2.26 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed13.5 knots
Complement22
Armament

Parthenia was built as a private steam yacht of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1903. On 15 August 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her from Colonel Harry E. Converse for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. Converse delivered her to the Navy on 18 August 1917, and she was commissioned as USS Parthenia (SP-671).

Parthenia performed patrol duty off the United States East Coast, apparently in New England waters, for the rest of World War I and for some time after the end of the war.

Parthenia was sold on 17 August 1920.

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USS Parthenia (SP-671), painted in dazzle camouflage, is at right. At left is the submarine chaser USS SC-344 moored next to an unidentified submarine chaser.