USS Rehoboth (SP-384)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Rehoboth.

History
United States
Name| USS Rehoboth
Namesake| The city of Rehoboth Beach, Delaware (previous name retained)
Builder| W. G. Abbott, Milford, Delaware
Completed| 1912
Acquired| 1917
Commissioned| 12 May 1917
Fate| Foundered, 4 October 1917
Notes| Operated as private fishing vessel Rehoboth 1912-1917
General characteristics
Type| Patrol vessel
Length| 150 ft (46 m)
Beam| 24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft| 13 ft (4.0 m) mean
Propulsion| Steam engine(s)
Speed| 11 kn (13 mph; 20 km/h)
Complement| 28
Armament| 2 × 3 in (76 mm) guns

The first USS Rehoboth (SP-384) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917.

Rehoboth was built in 1912 as a fishing vessel by W. G. Abbott, Milford, Delaware. The U.S. Navy acquired her from W. C. Lofland of Lewes, Delaware, for service during World War I, armed her, designated her SP-384, and commissioned her at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 12 May 1917.

Acquired originally for section patrol duty, Rehoboth was designated for distant service in June 1917, and on 14 August 1917 headed for Boston, Massachusetts. At the end of August 1917, she continued on across the Atlantic Ocean. Steaming via the Azores, she reached Brest, France on 18 September 1917 and began operations as a unit of Division 12, Patrol Force.

On 4 October 1917, while Rehoboth was on escort duty, her hull began to leak. Her crew — unable to control the flooding — was taken off, and she was sunk by the British light cruiser HMS Castor.

## References

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* This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

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* Photo gallery at navsource.org

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Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in October 1917

Shipwrecks|

* 1 Oct: USS Mohawk
* 2 Oct: HMS Drake
* 3 Oct: SM UC-14
* 4 Oct: USS Rehoboth
* 5 Oct: SM UB-41
* 7 Oct: SM U-106
* 12 Oct:Themis
* 14 Oct: SM UC-62
* 16 Oct: SMS Eber
* 17 Oct: USAT Antilles, HMS Mary Rose, Slava, HMS Strongbow
* 19 Oct: HMS Orama
* 22 Oct: HMS C32
* 28 Oct: Redesmere
* 29 Oct M68
* Unknown date: Kerry Range, SM UC-16

Other incidents|

* 6 Oct: USS Nahma
* 15 Oct: USS Cassin
* 19 Oct: J. L. Luckenbach, HMS Terror
* 26 Oct: Petropavlovsk
* 28 Oct: USAT Finland
* Unknown date: SM U-151

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