USS Alacrity (SP-206)
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USS Alacrity (SP-206) was a steel cruising yacht that served in the US Navy as a section patrol craft. It was built by Pusey & Jones at Wilmington, Delaware for W. A. Bradford in 1910 then sold to John H. Blodgett of Boston.
Yacht ''Alacrity''
It was designed by Cox and Stevens and built for W. A. Bradford at Pusey & Jones of Wilmington, Delaware in 1910.{{sfn|The Rudder January 1920}}{{sfn|Colton|2014}} The vessel had the United States official number 207597 with the call letters LBNR, {{GRT|69}}, 101 tons net, with over all {{convert|118|ft|m|1}} length, {{convert|109|ft|9|in|m|1}} waterline length, {{convert|15|ft|6|in|m|1}} beam, {{convert|5|ft|6|in|m|1}} draft and {{convert|9|ft|4|in|m|1}} depth.{{sfn|Lloyd's Register of American Yachts 1917}}
The yacht was sold to John H. Blodgett of Boston.{{sfn|The Rudder January 1920}}
World War I service
The yacht Alacrity was acquired by the Navy on 28 April 1917 under a free lease from Mr. John H. Blodgett and was placed in commission on 30 May 1917 at Boston, Massachusetts. Designated hull number SP-206 the vessel was assigned to the 1st Naval District for the duration of World War I conducting patrols from the Boston and Provincetown, Massachusetts, section bases. Following the armistice in November 1918, the motorboat continued naval service until she was finally returned to her owner on 28 April 1919, the second anniversary of her acquisition. Her name was struck from the Navy list that same day.{{sfn|Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Alacrity}}
Return to yachting
After return from the Navy the yacht was sold to Kenneth B. Van Ripper of New York who refurbished the vessel's propulsion.{{sfn|The Rudder January 1920}} The original six cylinder Craig engines were replaced by six cylinder Winton gasoline engines each rated at 225 horsepower.{{sfn|The Rudder January 1920}} At some point the yacht was renamed Nedra B..{{sfn|NavSource Online}}
World War II Coast Guard service
The yacht was acquired at a cost of $1 and converted at a cost of $2,390 into the Coast Guard's Blanchard commissioned 20 August 1942 during the U-boat blitz along the eastern seaboard then underway to augment coastal patrols.{{sfn|United States Coast Guard Historian's Office|2014}} Blanchard, designated first CGR-106 and later WPYc-369, was assigned to the Gulf Sea Frontier serving out of Key West conducting anti-submarine and escort duties until decommissioned on 25 November 1943 and returned to her owners.{{sfn|United States Coast Guard Historian's Office|2014}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite web |url=http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/pusey.htm |title=Pusey & Jones, Wilmington DE |last=Colton |first=T. |date=September 12, 2014 |work=Shipbuilding History |publisher=T. Colton |access-date=17 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131225204518/http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/inactive/pusey.htm |archive-date=25 December 2013 }}
- {{cite journal |editor-last1=Day |editor-first1=Thomas Fleming |year=1912 |title=New Engines for Alacrity |journal=The Rudder |volume=36 |issue=January 1920 |page=25 |publisher=Fawcett Publications |url=https://archive.org/stream/rudder01unkngoog#page/n32/mode/1up |access-date=17 July 2015 |ref={{sfnref|The Rudder January 1920}}}}
- {{cite book |last=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |year=1917 |title=Lloyd's Register of American Yachts |location=New York |publisher=Lloyd's Register of Shipping |page=136 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x9VLAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA37 |access-date=17 July 2015 |ref={{sfnref|Lloyd's Register of American Yachts 1917}}}}
- {{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/alacrity-i.html |title=Alacrity I (SP-206) |author=Naval History And Heritage Command |work=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=Naval History And Heritage Command |access-date=17 July 2015 |ref={{sfnref|Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships: Alacrity}}}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170206.htm |title=USCGC Blanchard (WPYc 369), ex-USCGC Blanchard (CGR 106), ex-USS Alacrity (SP 206) |last=NavSource Online |work=Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive |publisher=NavSource Online |access-date=17 July 2015}}
- {{cite web |url=http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Blanchard1942.asp |title=Blanchard, 1942 |last=United States Coast Guard Historian's Office |date=November 17, 2014 |publisher=United States Coast Guard |access-date=17 July 2015}}
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External links
- [https://books.google.com/books?id=Ok5hr7AXxPwC&pg=PA24 Photo]
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Category:Ships built by Pusey and Jones
Category:Motorboats of the United States Navy