| California, a steam yacht originally named
Hauoli, was built in 1903 by Robbins Drydock Co., Brooklyn, New York,
and purchased by the Navy as California in August 1917 from her owner,
Clara B. Stocker, of New York. After fitting out, she commissioned at New
York Navy Yard 24 December 1917, Lt. (j.g.) W. Applebye-Robinson, USNRF,
commanding. Her name was changed back to the original Hauoli 18 February
1918. |
| Hauoli spent the first year of her service
as a patrol vessel in New York Harbor. She patrolled outside the the harbor
also, and occasionally carried passengers to and from convoys. The yacht
was transferred to special duty 28 January 1919 and assigned to the experimental
use of Thomas A. Edison for ASW studies. Edison installed listening devices
in Hauoli and carried out tests in and around New York harbor. Before
demobilization cut short the experiments with Hauoli, she was withdrawn
from that service and decommissioned 8 October 1919, and later sold to Denton
Shore Lumber Co., Tampa, Florida, 7 September 1920. |
Displacement, 299; Length 211'; Beam, 22'; Draft, 8'; Speed, 19
knots; Armament, one 6-pdr. |
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Bibliography
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James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval Fighting
Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1977),
Vol.2: C-F, p. 14 |
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James L. Mooney, Dictionary of American Naval
Fighting Ships, (Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office,
1968, Repring 1977), Vol.3: G-K, p. 271 |
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