USS ''Adroit'' (SP-248) was a
steam yacht brought into the
United States Navy, but never commissioned.
Service history
''Adroit'' was built as ''Winchester'' at
City Island, New York
City Island is a neighborhood in the northeastern Bronx in New York City, located on an island of the same name approximately long by wide. City Island is located at the extreme western end of Long Island Sound, south of Pelham Bay and east ...
in 1907 by the
Robert Jacobs Shipyard. The first of a series of fast yachts of that name, her owner replaced her with a larger vessel after several years. She was sold and renamed ''Adroit'' in about 1916. She was acquired by the Navy in April 1917 from Mr. F. H. McAdoo of New York City.
After she had begun fitting out under the direction of Lt. H. B. Peschau, NNV, ''Adroit'' was found to be highly unseaworthy and of extremely short cruising range. Consequently, she was never commissioned and was returned to her owner on 30 April 1918. Presumably, her name—which had appeared on the
Navy list— was stricken from that list soon thereafter.
Her subsequent career as a pleasure craft extended for more than another two decades. She was renamed ''Aera'' in 1928 and remained listed in yachting registers until the early 1940s.
Notes
Bibliography
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Winchester American Steam Yacht, 1907*
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Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
Steam yachts
Ships built in City Island, Bronx
1907 ships
World War I patrol vessels of the United States