Name USS Kanawha Commissioned Never Type Patrol vessel | Acquired 27 April 1917 Fate Returned to owner 1917 | |
Namesake The Kanawha River in West Virginia | ||
USS Kanawha (SP-169) was a patrol vessel which never saw active service that was purchased by the United States Navy in 1917.
The U.S. Navy purchased USS Kanawha from H. C. Baxter of Brunswick, Maine, on 27 April 1917 for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was designated SP-169, but was found defective during fitting out and was returned to her owner.
She should not be confused with the replenishment oiler USS Kanawha (AO-1) or the armed yacht USS Kanawha II (SP-130), both of which were in U.S. Navy service at or around the same time.
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