USS Victor (SP-1995)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Victor.
USS Victor (SP-1995) was a Victor-class patrol boat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of patrolling and defending the East Coast of the United States during World War I.
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United States | |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | 1917 |
Acquired | 27 November 1917 |
Commissioned | 26 December 1917 |
Decommissioned | 21 November 1918 |
Stricken | date unknown |
Fate | Returned to owner |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 50 tons |
Length | 71 ft 6 in (21.79 m) |
Beam | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Draught | 3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) (mean) |
Speed | 12 knots |
Complement | 10 |
Armament | one 3" gun mount, two machine guns |
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Victor, a wooden-hulled motor-boat constructed at Camden, New Jersey, by Clement A. Troth, and completed in 1917, was leased by the Navy on 27 November 1917 from George H. Earle, Jr., of Haverford, Pennsylvania; and commissioned on 26 December 1917.