USS ''Idalis'' (SP-270) was a
United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
''Idalis'' was built as a
civilian motor
yacht in 1908 by the
Gas Engine and Power Company
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History
The company was founded as the Gas Engine and Power Company & Charles L. Seabury Company in 1896 ...
in
Morris Heights,
The Bronx,
New York
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. Sources differ as to her original name; she either was built as ''Idalis'' and later was renamed ''Amalia IV'', or was built as ''Amalia IV'' and later renamed ''Idalis''. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, Carl Reinschild of
New York City, in June 1917 for
World War I service. She was
commissioned on 25 August 1917 as USS ''Idalis'' (SP-270) -- that name representing the Navy either retaining her existing name or reverting her from ''Amalia IV'' to her previous name
[Per the ''Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships'' (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i1/idalis.htm).]
Assigned to the
3rd Naval District
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, ''Idalis'' served as a patrol craft in
Long Island Sound
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and as
training ship for
officers at the
Naval Reserve Training School Pelham Bay Park
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at
Pelham Bay Park, New York, until the close of World War I.
''Idalis'' was returned to Reinschild on 22 March 1919.
Notes
References
*
NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Idalis (SP 270)
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Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
World War I patrol vessels of the United States
World War I auxiliary ships of the United States
Individual yachts
Ships built in Morris Heights, Bronx
1908 ships