USS Wissahickon (SP-852)

History
United States
NameUSS Wissahickon and USS SP-852
Namesake
  • Wissahickon was her previous name retained
  • SP-852 was her section patrol number
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Laid down1899
Completed1900
AcquiredPossibly April 1917 or 13 July 1917
CommissionedPossibly 20 August or 3 October 1917
Decommissioned12 February 1919
Renamed
  • USS SP-852 either upon commissioning or in 1918;
  • Wissahickon ca. September–November 1918
Stricken10 February 1919
FateOrdered returned to owner 15 February 1919
NotesOperated as private yacht Valda 1900-1901/1902 and Wissahickon 1901/1902-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage74 Gross register tons
Displacement194 tons
Length120 ft (37 m)
Beam14 ft 2 in (4.32 m)
Draft6 ft (1.8 m)
Depth8 ft 9 in (2.67 m)
PropulsionSteam engine, one shaft
Speed12 knots
Complement19
Armament

The second USS Wissahickon (SP-852), which also served as USS SP-852, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

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