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USS Alameda (SP-1040)

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Alameda in 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Alameda (proposed)
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderWestern Boat Building Co, Tacoma, Washington
Completed1917
AcquiredNever
CommissionedNever
NotesRegistered as SP-1040 for potential U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel (proposed)
Length65 ft (20 m)
Beam15 ft 6 in (4.72 m)
Draft7 ft (2.1 m) (aft)
Speed9 knots
Crew9

Note: This ship should not be confused with the steamer Alameda, considered for World War I service as USS Alameda (ID-1432), but also never acquired or commissioned.

USS Alameda (SP-1040) was the proposed designation for a motorboat that never actually served in the United States Navy.

Alameda was a private motorboat built in 1917 by the Western Boat Building Co at Tacoma, Washington, probably for use as a fishing vessel. In the spring of 1917, the U.S. Navy inspected her in for possible World War I service as a patrol boat, and she was registered accordingly with the naval section patrol designation SP-1040. Though her official data card describes her as "brand new well and staunchly built"[1] and contains a note that she was reported to have been delivered to the Navy and commissioned on 2 June 1917. However, no records exist that show that the Navy ever took possession of or commissioned Alameda, and she appears to have had no naval service.

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  1. ^ This quote, at her U.S. Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images entry at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-a/alameda.htm, is attributed merely to her "data card."

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