USS Arcadia (SP-856)
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Motorboat Arcadia.jpg |Ship caption=Arcadia as a private motorboat sometime between 1915 and 1917. }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1918}} |Ship name=USS Arcadia |Ship namesake=Previous name retained |Ship owner= |Ship operator= |Ship registry= |Ship route= |Ship ordered= |Ship awarded= |Ship builder=Frank S. Terry, Brooklyn, New York |Ship original cost= |Ship yard number= |Ship way number= |Ship laid down= |Ship launched= |Ship sponsor= |Ship christened= |Ship completed=1915 |Ship acquired=8 October 1918 |Ship commissioned=Possibly October 1918, possibly neverSee text for more information |Ship decommissioned= |Ship maiden voyage= |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship renamed= |Ship reclassified= |Ship refit= |Ship struck=6 November 1918 |Ship reinstated= |Ship homeport= |Ship identification= |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship honors= |Ship captured= |Ship fate=Returned to owner sometime between 6 November 1918 and May 1919See text for details. |Ship notes=Operated as private motorboat Arcadia 1915-1917 and from 1918 or 1919 |Ship badge= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Patrol vessel |Ship tonnage=30 Gross register tons |Ship displacement= |Ship length={{convert|55|ft|0|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|14|ft|1|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught= |Ship draft={{convert|4|ft|3|in|m|abbr=on}} mean |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed=10.4 knots |Ship range= |Ship endurance= |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=13 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*1 × 3-pounder gun
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The first USS Arcadia (SP-856) was a motorboat that may have seen brief service as a United States Navy patrol vessel in late 1918.
Arcadia was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name in 1915 by Frank S. Terry at Brooklyn, New York. In 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I and took delivery of her on 8 October 1918. No logbooks exist to confirm that she was commissioned as USS Arcadia (SP-856) or to describe the extent and nature of her U.S. Navy service. Given the short period the Navy controlled her and the ending of the war just under five weeks after her acquisition, it is possible that she never was commissioned.
Arcadia{{'}}s final disposition also is murky. One source states that Arcadia was turned over to her owner and stricken from the Navy List on 6 November 1918, while another indicates that a lump sum for the charter of the craft had been determined on 3 February 1919 and that Arcadia had been authorized for return to her owner.Dictionary of amwerican Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a10/arcadia-i.htm. It appears that she was returned to her owner by no later than May 1919.[https://web.archive.org/web/20040626190014/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-a/arcadia.htm Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Arcadia (American Motor Boat, 1915). May have served as USS Arcadia (SP-856) in 1918-1919].
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- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a10/arcadia-i.htm}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20040626190014/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-a/arcadia.htm Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Arcadia (American Motor Boat, 1915). May have served as USS Arcadia (SP-856) in 1918-1919]
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Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States
Category:Ships built in Brooklyn
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