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USS Remlik
USS Remlik (SP-157) (sometimes spelled Remlick) was a steam yacht that was built in England in 1903 as Candace. She was renamed Remlik in 1907 when she changed owners. She was converted into a United States Navy patrol boat in 1917 and served in the First World War. She was decommissioned in 1919, converted into a commercial craft in 1920, and scuttled in 1932.
Cook, Welton & Gemmell of Hull, Yorkshire, built the yacht as yard number 313. She was launched on 19 November 1902 and completed in March 1903. Her registered length was 175.0 ft (53.3 m), her beam was 23.0 ft (7.0 m) and her depth was 12.5 ft (3.8 m). Her tonnages were 432 GRT and 90 NRT.
She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine. It was rated at 99 NHP and gave her a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h).
Bailey and Leetham, a Hull shipping company, built Candace's engine. William Bailey of Anlaby was her first owner. He registered her in Hull. Her UK official number was 116133 and her code letters were TWDS.
In April 1907 a US newspaper owner, Willis Kilmer of Binghamton, New York bought Candace. He renamed her Remlik – his own surname spelt in reverse – and registered her in New York.
On 6 April 1917 the US entered the First World War, and on 1 June the Navy Department bought Remlik for conversion into a patrol craft. She was armed with two 3-inch/50-caliber guns and two machine guns. On 10 June she was delivered to the US Navy, and the next day she was commissioned, with the pennant number SP-157 and code letters GSLK. Her first commander in naval service was Lt Cdr Isaac C Johnson Jr.
Remlik crossed the Atlantic to France, where she undertook anti-submarine and coastal patrols in the Bay of Biscay. She served with first the 2nd US Patrol Squadron, and then the 8th.
On 17 December 1917 Remlik was stalking an enemy submarine in a storm, but the submarine submerged before Remlik could attack. The submarine's periscope appeared three times, but the very heavy sea prevented her from torpedoing Remlik. Remlik remained in the area, making only 2 knots (4 km/h) against the heavy sea, in case the submarine were to reappear.
USS Remlik
USS Remlik (SP-157) (sometimes spelled Remlick) was a steam yacht that was built in England in 1903 as Candace. She was renamed Remlik in 1907 when she changed owners. She was converted into a United States Navy patrol boat in 1917 and served in the First World War. She was decommissioned in 1919, converted into a commercial craft in 1920, and scuttled in 1932.
Cook, Welton & Gemmell of Hull, Yorkshire, built the yacht as yard number 313. She was launched on 19 November 1902 and completed in March 1903. Her registered length was 175.0 ft (53.3 m), her beam was 23.0 ft (7.0 m) and her depth was 12.5 ft (3.8 m). Her tonnages were 432 GRT and 90 NRT.
She had a single screw, driven by a three-cylinder triple expansion engine. It was rated at 99 NHP and gave her a top speed of 14 knots (26 km/h).
Bailey and Leetham, a Hull shipping company, built Candace's engine. William Bailey of Anlaby was her first owner. He registered her in Hull. Her UK official number was 116133 and her code letters were TWDS.
In April 1907 a US newspaper owner, Willis Kilmer of Binghamton, New York bought Candace. He renamed her Remlik – his own surname spelt in reverse – and registered her in New York.
On 6 April 1917 the US entered the First World War, and on 1 June the Navy Department bought Remlik for conversion into a patrol craft. She was armed with two 3-inch/50-caliber guns and two machine guns. On 10 June she was delivered to the US Navy, and the next day she was commissioned, with the pennant number SP-157 and code letters GSLK. Her first commander in naval service was Lt Cdr Isaac C Johnson Jr.
Remlik crossed the Atlantic to France, where she undertook anti-submarine and coastal patrols in the Bay of Biscay. She served with first the 2nd US Patrol Squadron, and then the 8th.
On 17 December 1917 Remlik was stalking an enemy submarine in a storm, but the submarine submerged before Remlik could attack. The submarine's periscope appeared three times, but the very heavy sea prevented her from torpedoing Remlik. Remlik remained in the area, making only 2 knots (4 km/h) against the heavy sea, in case the submarine were to reappear.
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