Vidette, 1919
Vidette, 1919
Built: Essington, PA
Cost: Unknown
Machinery: Gasoline engine
Speed: Unknown
Length: 75'
Beam: 16'
Draft: 3' 4"
Displacement: 38 tons
Launched: 1913
Acquired: from US Navy on 3 May 1919
Commissioned: Unknown
Disposition: Sold on 28 July 1922
Complement: Unknown
Armament: 1 gun
Cutter History:
Vidette had been privately owned as Howarda and was designated SP-144 during naval service in World War I. She was first at Key West, FL and then at Miami, FL (1 January 1929).
Sources:
Donald Canney. U.S. Coast Guard and Revenue Cutters, 1790-1935. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, 1995.