USS Shrewsbury at anchor
History
United States
NameUSS Shrewsbury
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1910
Acquired13 April 1917
Commissioned23 April 1917
Stricken16 September 1919
FateSold 20 October 1919[1] or 29 October 1919[2][3]
NotesOperated as private motorboat Mona, Gipsy,[4] Topsy, and Shrewsbury 1910-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage77 tons
Length98 ft (30 m)
Beam15 ft (4.6 m)
Draft5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Speed14.5 knots
Complement15
Armament

USS Shrewsbury (SP-70) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Shrewsbury as the private motorboat Topsy prior to her U.S. Navy service.

Shrewsbury was built in 1910 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, as the private motorboat Mona. In private use, she subsequently was renamed Gipsy (according to one source),[5] then Topsy. She had been renamed Shrewsbury by the time the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, N. H. McCarter of Newark, New Jersey, on 13 April 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Shrewsbury (SP-70) on 23 April 1917.

Shrewsbury patrolled in the 4th Naval District along the central United States East Coast during World War I.

Stricken from the Navy List on 16 September 1919, Shrewsbury was sold on 20 October 1919[1] or 29 October 1919[6][3] to Charles S. McCulloh of New York City.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "This is her sale date according to her Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images entry".
  2. ↑ This is her sale date according to her Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry
  3. 1 2 "Section Patrol Craft". www.navsource.org.
  4. ↑ The boat's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry mentions the name Gipsy, although the other sources do not
  5. ↑ The boat's Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships entry (at mentions the name Gipsy, although the other sources do not.
  6. ↑ This is her sale date according to her Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

References

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