USS Kanawha II
id:
uss-kanawha-ii-207-16173646
title:
USS Kanawha II
text:
USS Kanawha II (SP-130), later called USS Piqua (SP-130), was a steam yacht that was built in 1899, and which the United States Navy used as an armed yacht in the First World War. She was commissioned in 1917 as Kanawha II, with the "II" added probably to distinguish her from the oiler USS Kanawha (AO-1). She was renamed Piqua in 1918, probably for the same reason. The yacht was built in 1899 for a member of the New York Yacht Club (NYYC) who wanted a steam yacht for racing. The Navy classified
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Patrol vessel of the United States Navy
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Kanawha_II
date created:
2008-04-15T20:48:16Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T09:39:31Z
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image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/USS_Piqua_102128.jpg","width":726,"height":383}
fields total:
13
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16