USS Wilbert A. Edwards
USS Wilbert A. Edwards (SP-315), sometimes called USS W. A. Edwards, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Wilbert A. Edwards |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | M. M. Davis, Solomons Island, Maryland |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| Commissioned | 10 August 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 21 August 1919 |
| Stricken | 24 September 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 24 September 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as commercial fishing vessel Wilbert A. Edwards 1911 to 1917 and from 1919 to the late 1940s |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 650 tons |
| Length | 160 ft (49 m) |
| Beam | 23 ft 10 in (7.26 m) |
| Draft | 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m) mean |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 11 knots |
| Complement | 36 |
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