USS Shrewsbury (SP-70) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
.jpg) USS Shrewsbury at anchor
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Shrewsbury |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Completed | 1910 |
| Acquired | 13 April 1917 |
| Commissioned | 23 April 1917 |
| Stricken | 16 September 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 20 October 1919[1] or 29 October 1919[2][3] |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Mona, Gipsy,[4] Topsy, and Shrewsbury 1910-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 77 tons |
| Length | 98 ft (30 m) |
| Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 3 in (1.60 m) |
| Speed | 14.5 knots |
| Complement | 15 |
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Shrewsbury was built in 1910 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, as the private motorboat Mona. In private use, she subsequently was renamed Gipsy (according to one source),[5] then Topsy. She had been renamed Shrewsbury by the time the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, N. H. McCarter of Newark, New Jersey, on 13 April 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Shrewsbury (SP-70) on 23 April 1917.
Shrewsbury patrolled in the 4th Naval District along the central United States East Coast during World War I.
Stricken from the Navy List on 16 September 1919, Shrewsbury was sold on 20 October 1919[1] or 29 October 1919[6][3] to Charles S. McCulloh of New York City.
Notes
edit- ^ This is her sale date according to her Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry
- ^ a b "Section Patrol Craft". www.navsource.org.
- ^ The boat's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry mentions the name Gipsy, although the other sources do not
- ^ The boat's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry (at mentions the name Gipsy, although the other sources do not.
- ^ This is her sale date according to her Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
References
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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- Department of the Navy: Naval Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Shrewsbury (SP-70), 1917-1919. Originally the Civilian Motor Boat Mona, Topsy and Shrewsbury
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Shrewsbury (SP 70)
