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{{short description|Patrol vessel of the United States Navy}}

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|Ship image= USS Christabel 1917.jpg
|Ship caption= ''Christabel'' before [[World War I]]
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|Ship name= ''Christabel''
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|Ship owner= *1893: Arthur Kennard, [[Falkirk]]
*by 1910: Walton Ferguson
*by 1917: [[Irving T. Bush]]
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|Ship registry= *1893: {{flagicon|United Kingdom|civil}} [[Glasgow]]
*by 1910: {{flagicon|United States}} [[Port of New York and New Jersey|New York]]
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|Ship builder= [[D. and W. Henderson and Company|D&W Henderson]], [[Glasgow]]
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|Ship yard number= 370
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|Ship launched= 10 August 1893
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|Ship acquired= 30 April 1917
|Ship commissioned= May 1917
|Ship decommissioned= 19 May 1919
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|Ship struck= circa 19 May 1919
|Ship homeport= *1917: [[Brest, France]]
*1918: [[New London, Connecticut]]
|Ship identification= [[pennant number]] SP-162
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|Ship honors= [[Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan]] was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for securing live [[depth charge]]s that had come loose during combat with a German [[U-boat]].
|Ship fate= Sold 30 June 1919
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|Ship type= [[steam yacht]]
|Ship tonnage= {{GRT|248}}, {{NRT|103}}
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|Ship length= {{cvt|150.0|ft}}
|Ship beam= {{cvt|22.0|ft}}
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|Ship draft= {{cvt|9|ft|8|in}}
|Ship depth= {{cvt|12.5|ft}}
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|Ship power= 53 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]]
|Ship propulsion= [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion engine]]
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|Ship complement= in US Navy: 55 officers and enlisted men
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|Ship armament= two {{convert|3|in|adj=on}} guns
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'''USS ''Christabel'' (SP-162)''' was a civilian [[steam yacht]] that was built in [[Glasgow]] in 1893 for a [[Scotland|Scottish]] industrialist. She had an American owner by 1910, served as a [[United States Navy]] patrol ship in the latter part of the [[World War I|First World War]], and afterward was returned to US civilian service.

The US Navy bought her in 1917, had her fitted out as a warship, and used her on patrol duty in the [[Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic|North Atlantic]]. She served with honor as a [[section patrol craft]], surviving an attack on a German [[U-boat]]. After the war she was briefly a [[training ship]], before being decommissioned and sold in 1919.

==Building and civilian service==
[[D. and W. Henderson and Company|D and W Henderson]] built ''Christabel'' in its Meadowside shipyard in [[Glasgow]], [[Scotland]]. She was yard number 370, and was launched on 10 August 1893.<ref name=SBS>{{cite web |url= http://clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=9640&vessel=CHRISTABEL |title=Christabel |work=Scottish Built Ships |publisher=Caledonian Maritime Research Trust |access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>

Her registered length was {{cvt|150.0|ft}}, her [[Beam (nautical)|beam]] was {{cvt|22.0|ft}} and her depth was {{cvt|12.5|ft}}. Her [[tonnage]]s were {{GRT|248}} and {{NRT|103}}. She had a three-cylinder [[Marine steam engine#Triple or multiple expansion|triple expansion steam engine]] that was rated at 53 [[Horsepower#Nominal horsepower|NHP]].<ref name=SBS/>

''Christabel''{{'}}s first owner was Arthur Kennard of the [[Falkirk]] Iron Works, who [[Ship registration|registered]] her in Glasgow. By 1910 her owner was Walton Ferguson and she was registered in [[Port of New York and New Jersey|New York]].<ref name=SBS/> By 1917 her owner was [[Irving T. Bush]].

==World War I naval service==
[[File:USS Christabel 1917 at dock.jpg|thumb|left|upright|United States ''Christabel'' in port]]
The US Navy bought ''Christabel'' from Bush on 30 April 1917, commissioned her at [[Brooklyn Navy Yard|New York Navy Yard]] 31 May 1917 and assigned her to US Patrol Squadrons Operating in [[Europe]]an Waters.

She fitted out was a warship and placed in commission a month later. Her main armament was two heavy {{convert|3|in|adj=on}} guns. On 9 June 1917 she left New York City to cross the Atlantic, and early in July she reached [[Brest, France]].

For the remainder of the war ''Christabel'' served on escort and patrol duty off western [[French Third Republic|France]], and took part in at least two actions against German U-boats. One of these was the [[action of 21 May 1918]] when she was credited with sinking a U-boat off Spain. However, later it was found that the U-boat was only damaged but had to be interned by Spain a few days later.

==Training ship==
After returning to the United States in December 1918, she was based at [[New London, Connecticut]], and served with reserve [[Anti-submarine warfare|anti-submarine]] squadrons as an anti-submarine training ship.

==Awards and honors==
As an officer on board the ''Christabel'', [[Ensign (rank)|Ensign]] [[Daniel Augustus Joseph Sullivan]] was awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] for "extraordinary heroism" during combat action on 21 May 1918. He exhibited "extraordinary heroism" in securing live [[depth charge]]s that had come loose during combat with a German U-boat. For this act, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. Officer of the Deck [[Lieutenant (navy)|Lieutenant]] JG Howard Rutherford Shaw was awarded the [[Navy Cross]] for "promptly heading for the submarine with the intent to ram, with the result that it was possible to drop depth charges at the right time and place, damaging the submarine so severely that she was obliged to intern at [[Santander, Spain]], for the remainder of the war."

==Decommissioning==
''Christabel'' was decommissioned 19 May 1919 and sold on 30 June to the Savannah Bar Pilots Association, of [[Savannah, Georgia]].

==See also==
* {{USS|Vedette|SP-163}}
* [[Action of 21 May 1918]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c9/christabel.htm}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050215205232/http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/sp162.htm "Department of the Navy Naval Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships": USS ''Christabel'' (SP-162), 1917-1919]
* {{navsource|12/170162}}

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