USS Aphrodite
Aphrodite in 1899 | |
| History | |
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| Namesake | |
| Owner |
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| Port of registry | |
| Builder | Bath Iron Works, Bath, ME |
| Cost | $450,000 |
| Yard number | 25 |
| Laid down | June 1898 |
| Launched | 1 December 1898 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Vivien Scott |
| Completed | March 1899 |
| Acquired | for US Navy, 11 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | to US Navy, 5 June 1917 |
| Decommissioned | from US Navy, 12 July 1919 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by aircraft, April 1941 |
| General characteristics | |
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| Tonnage | |
| Length |
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| Beam | 35.6 ft (10.9 m) molded |
| Draft |
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| Depth | 20.1 ft (6.1 m) |
| Installed power | 294 NHP |
| Propulsion |
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| Sail plan |
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| Speed | 15 kn (28 km/h) |
| Complement | in US Navy, 68 |
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Aphrodite was a steam yacht that was launched in 1898. When completed in 1899 she was the largest steam yacht yet built in the US (1148 tons). In 1917 she was commissioned into the United States Navy as the patrol vessel USS Aphrodite (SP-135). She was based in France from 1917 to 1918; in England from 1918 to 1919; and then returned to her private owner.
In 1927 she was sold to Greek owners, and by 1930 she had been converted into a passenger and cargo merchant ship and renamed Aetos. In 1933 her owners renamed her Macedonia. In 1941 a German air attack sank her during the invasion of Greece.