USS_Edith_M._III

USS <i>Edith M. III</i>

USS Edith M. III

Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

For other ships with the same name, see USS Edith.

USS Edith M. III (SP-196) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

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Edith M. III was built by V. J. Osborn at Croton-on-Hudson, New York, as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1909. The United States Navy purchased her for World War I service in June 1917 and commissioned her on 5 November 1917 as USS Edith M. III' (SP-196).

Edith M. III was assigned to the 3rd Naval District, where she spent the remainder of World War I carrying men and provisions around New York Harbor.

Citizen Seaman's Identification Card issued in 1920 to Louis H. Hazzard of the Edith M. III

Decommissioned on 8 May 1919, Edith M. III was sold on 2 July 1919[1] and entered passenger service in New York Harbor captained by Louis H. Hazzard.

References

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    Ships' Data, U.S. Naval Vessels. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1920.

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