USS Alice (SP-367)
{{short description|Dispatch boat of the United States Navy}}
{{other ships|USS Alice{{!}}USS Alice}}
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{{Infobox ship image | Ship image = Alice (SP 367) (cropped).jpg | Ship caption = Alice ({{circa|1913–1917}}) | image alt = }} {{Infobox ship career | Ship country = United States | Ship flag = {{USN flag|1917}} | Ship name = USS Alice (SP-367) | Ship owner = United States Navy | Ship registry = SP-367 | Ship builder = {{unbulleted list|Gas Engine and Power Co.|Charles L. Seabury and Co.}} | Ship acquired = 8 May 1917 | Ship commissioned = 29 September 1917 | Ship decommissioned = 9 May 1919 | Ship stricken = 7 July 1919 | Ship fate = Sold, 5 August 1919 }} {{Infobox ship characteristics | Ship tonnage = {{convert|20|t|abbr=on}} | Ship length = {{convert|60|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship beam = {{convert|10|ft|10|in|abbr=on}} | Ship draft = {{convert|3|ft|abbr=on}} | Ship power = {{convert|80|hp|abbr=on}}{{spaces}}×{{spaces}}2 | Ship speed = {{unbulleted list|{{convert|16|kn|abbr=on}} or|{{convert|16.5|kn|abbr=on}}}} | Ship complement = 6 | Ship armament = {{unbulleted list|1{{spaces}}×{{spaces}}machine gun|2{{spaces}}×{{spaces}}one-pounders}} }} |
USS Alice (SP-367) was a private motorboat bought by the United States Navy during World War I as a dispatch boat, and then sold again afterwards.
History
Alice was owned by David H. Morris of New York City on 8 May 1917 when it was purchased by the United States Navy. The second Navy ship named Alice, it was commissioned on 29 September 1917, after which it was assigned to the 3d Naval District as a dispatch boat through the end of World War I ("transporting inspection and inventory parties around New York Harbor"). Decommissioned on 9 May 1919, the Navy struck Alice from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 July, and sold it on 5 August to Reinhard Hall of New York City.
Technical specifications
Built in 1913 by Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury and Co. at Morris Heights, New York, Alice was a motorboat. It was {{convert|60|ft}} long, with a {{convert|10|ft|10|in|adj=on}} beam, and a draft of {{convert|3|ft|spell=in}}. Weighing {{convert|20|t}}, Alice{{'s}} top speed was {{convert|16|or|16.5|kn}}, courtesy two {{convert|80|hp|adj=on}}, six-cylinder, gasoline-fueled, Speedway engines. While in Naval service, the ship was crewed by six sailors with a machine gun and two one-pounders.
References
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{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a6/alice-ii.htm |title=Alice |website=Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships |publisher=United States Navy |language=en |access-date=2024-09-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104093156/https://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a6/alice-ii.htm |archive-date=2012-11-04}}
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline||USS Alice (SP-367)}}
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Category:dispatch boats of the United States Navy