USS Christabel, a 248 gross ton patrol vessel, was built in 1893 at Glasgow, Scotland, as a civilian steam yacht. At the end of April 1917, when she was owned by Irving T. Bush of New York City, she was purchased by the U.S. Navy for World War I use. She was placed in commission a month later, following conversion to a warship, and during June and early July crossed the Atlantic to Brest, France. For the remainder of the conflict, Christabel was employed on escort and patrol work off western France, and took part in at least two actions with German U-Boats. After returning to the United States in December 1918, she was based at New London, Connecticut, as an anti-submarine training ship. Decommissioned in mid-May 1919, Christabel was sold at the end of June to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association, of Savannah, Georgia.
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Related Subject: For a photograph of a USS Christabel
officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor for "extraordinary
heroism" during combat action on 21 May 1918, see:
If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions." |
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