USS Onward (SP-311)
Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship Onward. This vessel was received from the Navy following World War I and served with the C&GS for a short time before being returned to the Navy in 1920. Hampton, Virginia 1919. (Image ID: ship0547, NOAA's Fleet Then and Now – Sailing for Science Collection) | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Onward (SP-311)/USC&GS Onward, ex Ungava, ex Galatea |
| Builder | Consolidated Shipbuilding (consolidating Charles L. Seabury Co. and Gas Engine & Power Co.), Morris Heights, Bronx, New York |
| Launched | 1908 |
| Acquired | Navy: 1 August 1917 USC&GS: 18 April 1919 |
| Commissioned | Navy: 22 September 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 18 April 1919 |
| In service | USC&GS 19 April 1919 |
| Out of service | USC&GS 26 November 1920 |
| Fate | Wrecked in April 1923 on south end of Fishers Island, New York as the rum runner Thelma Phoebe. |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 157 |
| Length | 140 ft 0 in (42.67 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 5 in (5.31 m) |
| Draught | 6 ft 10.5 in (2.096 m) |
| Speed | 13.8 knots |
| Complement | 43 (Navy) |
| Armament | 2 6–pdrs., 2 mg. (Navy) |
USS Onward (SP-311), a former yacht named Galatea and then Ungava was a patrol yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was transferred to the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey where she served briefly until return to the Navy for a brief time before her disposal by sale. She was renamed Thelma Phoebe.