USS Felicia (SP-642)

USS Felicia (SP-642) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted and armed by the Navy as a patrol craft, and was assigned to patrol the New England waters. Her task of protecting ships from German submarines was interrupted by her collision with a submarine. Post-war she was reconfigured to her civilian condition, and was sold in 1919.

Felicia underway prior to World War I.
History
United States
Name: USS Felicia
Namesake: Former name retained
Owner: Jesse H. Metcalf of Providence, Rhode Island
Builder: J. N. Robbins Company, of Brooklyn, New York
Laid down: date unknown
Launched: 1898
Christened: as Felicia
Completed: 1898
Acquired: 21 June 1917
Commissioned: 29 June 1917 as USS Felicia (SP-642)
Decommissioned: 25 August 1919 at Brooklyn, New York
Stricken: September 1919
Homeport: Newport, Rhode Island
Fate: sold 25 March 1920
General characteristics
Type: Yacht
Tonnage: 213 gross tons
Length: 179'
Beam: 20' 1"
Draft: 7' 6"
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 14 knots
Complement: 49 officers and enlisted
Armament: Three 3-pounder guns

Built as a yacht in Brooklyn

The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Felicia (No. 642) was built in 1898 by J. N. Robins Company, Brooklyn, New York; purchased by the Navy 2 June 1917; and commissioned 29 June 1917, Lieutenant H. Langworthy, USNRF, in command. (The other USS Felicia, PYc-35, was built in 1931, and served in World War II.)

World War I service

Based out of Newport, Rhode Island, Felicia patrolled the New England coast, on duty with the 2d Naval District, until August 39, 1918, when she collided with a submarine in heavy fog off Montauk Point.

Decommissioning and sale

Felicia was in repair or laid up at various yards until decommissioned at Brooklyn, New York, 25 August 1919. Felicia was stricken from the list of Naval vessels in September 1919 and sold 25 March 1920.

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