USS Edith II (SP-296)
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| Name: | USS Edith II |
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| Builder: | Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| Completed: | 1917 |
| Acquired: | May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 1917 |
| Renamed: | USS SP-296 in 1918 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner early 1919 |
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| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 33 tons |
| Length: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Beam: | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Complement: | 11 |
| Armament: | 2 × 3-pounder guns |
USS Edith II (SP-296), later USS SP-296, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
File:Motorboat Edith II refitting.jpg
Edith II undergoing refit in the spring of 1919 at Nevins' Yacht Works at New York City after return to her owner following her U.S. Navy service.
Edith II was built by the Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1917. The United States Navy acquired her from her owner, Carnot M. Ward of Whippany, New Jersey, in May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and commissioned her as USS Edith II (SP-296). In 1918, her name was changed to USS SP-296.
Edith II was returned to Ward in early 1919.
