USS Green Dragon (SP-742)
USS Green Dragon (SP-742) was a United States Navy patrol vessel commissioned in 1917 that served during World War I.
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Green Dragon |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | J. Smith, Port Washington, New York |
| Completed: | 1901 |
| Acquired: | 19 July 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 1917 |
| Fate: | Sold 25 February 1922 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Green Dragon 1901-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 17 Gross register tons |
| Length: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam: | 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 2 in (1.27 m) |
| Speed: | 10 knots |
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Green Dragon was built in 1901 as a private motorboat of the same name by J. Smith at Port Washington on Long Island, New York. On 19 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Edward German of Newport, Rhode Island, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Green Dragon (SP-742) in 1917.
Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Green Dragon patrolled the coast of the United States from Chatham, Massachusetts, to New London, Connecticut, for the rest of World War I.
Green Dragon was sold to George E. Clement & Son of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on 25 February 1922.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- SP-742 Green Dragon at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Green Dragon (SP 742)