Williams-Whittlesey Co.
.jpg) Althea, likely before 1917
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Althea |
| Owner | James H. Moore / U.S. Navy / G. F. Colton |
| Builder | Williams-Whittlesey Co., New York |
| Completed | 1907 |
| Acquired | 15 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 12 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 2 August 1919 |
| Stricken | 2 August 1919 |
| Homeport | Detroit, Michigan |
| Fate | Sank, 18 March 1920; sold for salvage, 12 May 1920; abandoned, 1926 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 25 long tons (25 t) |
| Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam | 12 ft (3.7 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft (1.2 m) |
| Speed | 9.5 mph |
| Complement | 9 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Armament | 1 × 3-pounder, 2 × machine guns |
Williams-Whittlesey Motor Boat and Shipbuilding Co., often referred to as Williams-Whittlesey Co. and known until 1904 as the Standard Boat Co.,[1] was an American boatbuilding company[2] in Queens, New York, that operated at least from 1891[3] to 1910.[4] Headquartered in Long Island City[5] with a boatyard in the adjacent Astoria neighborhood, the company produced tugboats, river vessels, scows, and yachts.[3] Among its products were two private motorboats that were later commissioned by the United States Navy for service during World War I: Osprey II, which served as USS Osprey II (SP-928) from 1917 to 1918; and Althea, which served as USS Althea (SP-218) from 1917 to 1919.
In 1904, the Standard Boat Co.'s owners changed the name to Williams-Whittlesey Motor Boat and Shipbuilding Co. because they "felt that their firm was very often confused with the Standard Motor Construction Co. of Jersey City, New Jersey".[1]
Among its naval architects was H. Newton Whittelsey,[6] whose yacht designs were noted for introducing "the modern type of large raised deck cruiser," according to Motor Boating magazine.[7] Another employee was Daniel I. Whittlesey,[8] a 1901 graduate of Yale University's Sheffield Scientific School. By 1916, Whittelsey and Whittlesey had formed their own shipbuilding company headquartered at 11 Broadway in Manhattan.[9]
External links
[edit]- "Talks With Our Naval Architects: H. Newton Whittelsey," Transcribed from p. 16 of the June 1910 issue of Motor Boating magazine, a magazine about motorboats that published from 1907 to 2011, ending its run as MotorBoating.[10]
- 1917 article describing proposals by the Whittelsey & Whittlesey Co.
References
[edit]- ^ a b Motoring and Boating. 1904.
- ^ Blue Book of American Shipping ...: Marine and Naval Directory of the United States ... Marine Review Publishing Company. 1907.
- ^ a b Hendricks' Commercial Register of the United States. S. E. Hendricks Company. 1891.
- ^ Blue Book of American Shipping: Marine and Naval Directory of the United States; Statistics of Shipping and Shipbuilding in America. Marine Review Publishing Company. 1910.
- ^ Yale Sheffield Monthly. 1906.
- ^ H. Newton Whittelsey spelled his last name -el-; his exact relationship to the owners is unknown.
- ^ "H. Newton Whittlesey". www.lesliefield.com. Retrieved 2021-12-13.
- ^ Daniel I. Whittlesey spelled his last name -le-; his exact relationship to the owners is unknown.
- ^ Engineers (U.S.), Society of Naval Architects and Marine (1916). Year Book.
- ^ "Motor Boating archives". onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu. Retrieved 2021-12-13.