USS Isabel

USS Isabel (PY-10) at Hankou, China, in 1937, dressed overall for the coronation of King George VI of the United Kingdom
History
United States
NameIsabel
Namesakeprevious name retained
BuilderBath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Cost$611,553 (USD) (purchase price)
Completed1917
Commissioned28 December 1917
Decommissioned30 April 1920
Recommissioned18 July 1921
Decommissioned11 February 1946
ReclassifiedFrom destroyer (with patrol vessel designation "SP-521") to patrol yacht PY-10 17 July 1920
Stricken26 February 1946
Honours &
awards
1 Battle Stars
FateSold for scrapping, 2 March 1946
General characteristics
Type
Displacement710 tons
Length
  • 245 ft 3 in (74.75 m) oa
  • 230 ft (70.10 m) pp
Beam27 ft 9 in (8.46 m)
Draft8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) or 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
Propulsion
  • 2 × Norman boilers
  • Parsons Steam turbines
  • 2 shafts
  • 8,400 shp (6,300 kW)
Speed26 knots or 28.8 knots
Complement103
Armament

USS Isabel (SP-521), later PY-10, was a yacht in commission in the United States Navy as a destroyer from 1917 to 1920 and as a patrol yacht from 1921 to 1946.