USS Elizabeth M. Froelich (SP-380)

Career (United States)
Name: USS Elizabeth M. Froelich
Namesake: Previous name retained
Acquired: 18 May 1917
Commissioned: 18 May 1917
Decommissioned: 14 April 1919[1] or 14 May 1919[2]
Fate: Returned to owner 14 April 1919[3] or 14 May 1919[4]
Notes: Operated as commercial freight boat Elizabeth M. Froelich until 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Minesweeper
Length: 138 ft (42 m)
Beam: 18 ft (5.5 m)
Speed: 10 knots
Complement: 28
Armament: 1 x 6-pounder gun

USS Elizabeth M. Froelich (SP-380) was a minesweeper that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.

Elizabeth M. Froelich was built as a commercial freight boat of the same name. On 18 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her at New York City from her owner for use on the section patrol as a minesweeper during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Elizabeth M. Froelich (SP-380) the same day.

After fitting out as a minesweeper, Elizabeth M. Froelich was assigned to the 5th Naval District, where she operated for the rest of World War I and into 1919. She was decommissioned and returned to her owner on the same day in 1919; sources differ as to whether the day was 14 April 1919[5] or 14 May 1919.[6]

Notes

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e3/elizabeth_m_froelich.htm).
  2. ^ NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170380.htm).
  3. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e3/elizabeth_m_froelich.htm).
  4. ^ NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170380.htm).
  5. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]] (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e3/elizabeth_m_froelich.htm).
  6. ^ NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170380.htm).

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