USS May
USS May (SP-164) at Bermuda in November 1917. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS May |
| Namesake | A former name retained |
| Owner | J. R. De Lamar |
| Builder | Ailsa Shipbuilding Co., Troon, Scotland |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Completed | 1891 |
| Acquired | by the Navy, 11 August 1917 |
| Commissioned | 7 October 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 28 February 1920 (wrecked and abandoned) |
| Stricken | 1920 (est.) |
| Homeport | New London, Connecticut |
| Honors & awards | Medal of Honor issued to Tedford H. Cann |
| Fate | Abandoned, 28 February 1920; no buyers found for the hulk |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Yacht |
| Displacement | 100 long tons (102 t) |
| Length | 239 ft 1 in (72.87 m) |
| Beam | 27 ft 10 in (8.48 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 13 kn (15 mph; 24 km/h) |
| Complement | 77 officers and enlisted |
| Armament | 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns, 2 × .30 in (7.6 mm) machine guns |
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USS May (SP-164) was a yacht purchased by the United States Navy during World War I. She was outfitted with two 3 in (76 mm) guns and two machine guns, and was assigned to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coast and Caribbean and to protect Allied ships from German submarines. After over two years of patrol work, she ran aground off Cape Engano on the Dominican Republic and had to be abandoned.