USS Emerald at anchor with laundry drying on her foremast rigging, ca. 1918.
History
United States
NameUSS Emerald
NamesakeThe emerald, a green gem stone (previous name retained)
BuilderPusey and Jones, Wilmington, Delaware
Completed1906[1] or 1916[2]
Acquired23 July 1917
CommissionedEither commissioned 23 July 1917[3] or served in non-commissioned status[4]
In service23 July 1917
Out of service12 December 1918
FateReturned to owner
NotesOperated as civilian yacht Emrose and Emerald 1916-1917 and as Emerald from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage198 Gross register tons
Length140 ft 4 in (42.77 m)
Beam21 ft (6.4 m)
Draft13 ft 3 in (4.04 m) aft
Installed power900 indicated horsepower (1.2 megawatts)
PropulsionTwo Almy water-tube boilers, one triple expansion steam engine, one shaft
Complement13

The second USS Emerald (SP-177) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.

Emerald was built as the civilian yacht Emrose in either 1906[5] or 1916[6] by Pusey and Jones at Wilmington, Delaware for A. W. Rose of New York City. She later became the property of Maxwell Wyeth of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was renamed Emerald.

The U.S. Navy acquired Emerald from Wyeth on 23 July 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and placed her in service that day as USS Emerald (SP-177). Sources differ on whether she was commissioned[7] or served in non-commissioned status.[8]

For the rest of World War I, Emerald served in the 4th Naval District on harbor entrance patrol duty in Delaware Bay.

Emerald was taken out of service on 12 December 1918 and returned to Wyeth.

Notes

  1. ↑ Per NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170177.htm)
  2. ↑ Per the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/sp177.htm)
  3. ↑ Per the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/sp177.htm)
  4. ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e3/emerald-ii.htm)
  5. ↑ Per NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170177.htm)
  6. ↑ Per the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/sp177.htm)
  7. ↑ Per the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-e/sp177.htm)
  8. ↑ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/e3/emerald-ii.htm)

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