Miss Toledo as a private motorboat the shipyard of her builder, the Dachel-Carter Boat Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan, prior to her acquisition by the United States Navy. A U.S. Navy officer and at least one sailor are among the people standing on her deck.
History
United States
Name
USS Miss Toledo
Namesake
Previous name retained
Builder
Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan
Completed
1917
Acquired
30 April 1918
Fate
Returned to owner 14 December 1918
General characteristics
Type
Patrol vessel
Tonnage
19 Gross register tons
Length
60 ft (18 m)
Beam
11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft
4 ft (1.2 m)
Propulsion
Gasoline engine
Speed
25 miles per hour[1]
USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711) was a United States Navy patrol vessel acquired for a few months in 1918.
Miss Toledo was built in 1917 by the Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corporation at Benton Harbor, Michigan. On 30 April 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, R. M. Ellery of Toledo, Ohio, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was assigned the section patrol number SP-1711.
Although presumably acquired for patrol work on the Great Lakes, Miss Toledo apparently saw no active naval service. The Navy returned her to Ellery on 14 December 1918.
^The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/miss_toledo.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171711.htm give Miss Toledo's speed as 25 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 25 knots. If 25 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 21.7.
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