USS Felicia (Sp-642) (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! USS Felicia (SP-642) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted and armed by the Navy as a patrol craft, and was assigned to patrol the New England waters. Her task of protecting ships from German submarines was interrupted by her collision with a submarine. Post-war she was reconfigured to her civilian condition, and was sold in 1919. The first ship to be so named by the Navy, Felicia (No. 642) was built in 1898 by J. N. Robins Company, Brooklyn, New York; purchased by the Navy June 2, 1917; and commissioned June 29, 1917, Lieutenant H. Langworthy, USNRF, in command. (The other USS Felicia, PYc-35, was built in 1931, and served in WWII.)