Name USS Idealia Launched date unknown Length 23 m Builder Electric Launch Company | Laid down date unknown Completed 1911 Weight 52.8 tons | |
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Namesake name retained by the Navy Acquired by the Navy under lease on 25 May 1917 | ||
USS Idealia (SP-125) was a motor yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was used as an armed patrol craft and patrolled the Delaware River from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to Cape May, New Jersey, on the Delaware Bay. She was eventually reconfigured to her civilian condition by the Navy and returned to her owner.
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Built in Bayonne, New Jersey
Idealia (SP-125), a motor yacht built in 1911 by the Elco Company, Bayonne, New Jersey, was acquired by the Navy and simultaneously commissioned 25 May 1917, Ensign Charles Clegg, USNRF, in command.
World War I service
Idealia was assigned to the 4th Naval District, based at Cape May, New Jersey, and operated as a harbor entrance patrol craft on the Delaware River and at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and in Delaware Bay.
Decommissioning
She was returned to her owner, Ira D. Bertolet, Jr., of Philadelphia, 22 November 1918.