USS Kajeruna (SP-389)
.jpg) USS Kajeruna (SP-389) painted in dazzle camouflage during World War I. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Kajeruna |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | John N. Robinton & Son, Erie Basin, New York |
| Completed: | 1902[1] or 1903[2] |
| Acquired: | May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | May 1917 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 16 January 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private yacht Hauoli, Seminole, and Kajeruna 1902/1903-1917 and Kajeruna from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 147 gross register tons |
| Length: | 153 ft (47 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft 6 in (4.42 m) |
| Draft: | 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m) aft |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine, 850 indicated horsepower; one shaft |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Armament: |
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USS Kajeruna (SP-389) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919.
Kajeruna was built as the private steel-hulled steam yacht Hauoli in 1902[3] or 1903[4] by John N. Robinton & Son at Erie Basin, New York, for Frank M. Smith of Shelter Island, New York. She later was renamed Seminole, then Kajeruna.
In May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Kajeruna from her owner, A. W. Gieske of Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned that month as USS Kajeruna (SP-389) with Lieutenant J. R. Hudgins, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Norfolk, Virginia, Kajeruna served as flagship of Patrol Squadron 3. She operated in Hampton Roads and the Chesapeake Bay for the remainder of World War I.
Kajeruna left active service soon after the war ended on 11 November 1918. The Navy returned her to her owner on 16 January 1919.
Notes
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/kajeruna.htm) and the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/sp389.htm).
- ↑ NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170389.htm).
- ↑ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/kajeruna.htm) and the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-k/sp389.htm).
- ↑ NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170389.htm).
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Kajeruna (SP-389), 1917-1919. Previously civilian yacht Kajeruna (1902)
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Kajeruna (SP 389)