Wendy (S.P. 448)
1917-1918
The Navy retained the name carried by this craft at the time of her acquisition.
(S.P. 448: tonnage 24 (gross); length 55'0"; beam 11'6"; draft 3'6" (aft); speed 7.0 knots (cruising); complement 9; armament 1 1-pounder, 1 Colt machine gun)
Wendy, a wooden-hull, single-screw motor boat built in 1913 at New Orleans, La., by the Jahncke Navigation Co., was acquired by the Navy from Mr. C. A. Sporl in July 1917 on a free lease basis for section patrol duties.
Given the identification number S.P. 448 and commissioned at New Orleans on 3 August 1917, Wendy patrolled the waters around New Orleans during the Great War [World War I]. She was placed out of commission on 9 December 1918, less than a month after the Armistice, and was returned to her owner that same day. She was simultaneously stricken from the Navy List.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
24 March 2022
