USS Edorea (SP-549)

USS Edorea (SP-549) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Edorea as the private motor yacht Monaloa prior to World War I.

USS Edorea (SP-549) in an icy port in 1918, probably in the Delaware Bay area. Other section patrol vessels are at left.
History
United States
Name:	USS Edorea
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed:	1909
Acquired:	1917
Commissioned:	27 July 1917
Decommissioned:	10 December 1918
Fate:	Returned to owner
Notes:	Operated as private motor yacht Monaloa and Edorea 1909-1917 and Edorea from 1919
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	104 gross register tons
Length:	137 ft 4 in (41.86 m)
Beam:	15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Draft:	7 ft 8 in (2.34 m)
Speed:	13 knots
Complement:	25
Armament:	1 × 3-pounder gun

Edorea was built as the private motor yacht Monaloa by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts in 1909. She later was renamed Edorea.

In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Edorea under a free lease from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Edorea (SP-549) on 27 July 1917 with Lieutenant J. G. N. Whitaker, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Edorea operated on convoy escort and patrol duties in the Cape May, New Jersey, area for the rest of World War I. She also escorted U.S. Navy submarines to sea for target practice.

Edorea was decommissioned on 10 December 1918 and returned to her owner.