USS ''Edithia'' (SP-214/YP-214) was a motor
yacht in the
United States Navy.
Construction, acquisition, and commissioning
''Edithia'' was built by C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights,
New York
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, in 1909; purchased by the Navy in May 1917; and commissioned 23 August 1917. She was classified ''YP-214'' on 17 July 1920.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District
''Edithia'' was assigned to the
3rd Naval District
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where she patrolled in
Long Island Sound
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, and guarded the
submarine net
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s in
New York Harbor
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for the duration of
World War I. Retained in the U.S. Navy after the war, she remained in the 3rd Naval District, carrying out various functions.
Post-World War I decommissioning
She was decommissioned at the
New York Navy Yard
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on 13 December 1921, and in July 1922, lent to the State of
New Jersey. Returned to the Navy in 1932, ''Edithia'' was stricken from the
Navy List on 19 July 1933, and sold on 3 October 1933.
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Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
Ships built in Morris Heights, Bronx
1909 ships