- Built in New York
- Service history
- Post war service
- Notes
- Bibliography
- External links
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}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | Ship flag= | Ship name=- Winchester (1907–1916)
- Adroit (1916–1928)
- Aera (1928-)
| Ship namesake= | Ship owner=- Peter W. Rouss (original owner)
- F. H. McAdoo (owner at time of acquisition)
| Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Robert Jacob Shipyard, City Island, Bronx, New York | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=1907 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=acquired by the USN in 1917 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox Ship Career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1918}} | Ship name=Adroit | Ship namesake= | Ship owner= | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=1917 | Ship commissioned= | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate=returned to owner 30 April 1918 | Ship status= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox Ship Characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Yacht | Ship tonnage= | 147|LT}} | Ship tons burthen= | 141|ft}} | 15|ft|6|in}} | Ship height= | Ship draught= | 5|ft|6|in}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship decks= | Ship deck clearance= | Ship ramps= | Ship ice class= | Ship power= | Ship propulsion= | Ship sail plan= | 17.5|kn}} | Ship range= | Ship endurance= | Ship test depth= | Ship boats= | Ship capacity= | Ship troops= | Ship complement=23 | Ship crew= | Ship time to activate= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament= | Ship armour= | Ship armor= | Ship aircraft= | Ship aircraft facilities= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Adroit (SP-248) was a steam yacht brought into the United States Navy, but never commissioned. Built in New YorkAdroit was built as Winchester at City Island, New York in 1907 by the Robert Jacobs Shipyard. {{sfn|DANFS|2016}} The first of a series of fast yachts of that name, her owner replaced her with a larger vessel after several years.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} She was sold and renamed Adroit in about 1916. She was acquired by the Navy in April 1917 from Mr. F. H. McAdoo of New York City.{{sfn|DANFS|2016}} Service historyAfter she had begun fitting out under the direction of Lt. H. B. Peschau, NNV, Adroit was found to be highly unseaworthy and of extremely short cruising range. Consequently, she was never commissioned and was returned to her owner on 30 April 1918. Presumably, her name—which had appeared on the Navy list— was stricken from that list soon thereafter.{{sfn|DANFS|2016}} Post war serviceHer subsequent career as a pleasure craft extended for more than another two decades. She was renamed Aera in 1928 and remained listed in yachting registers until the early 1940s.{{Citation needed|date=October 2016}} Notes {{notelist}}- Citations
Bibliography {{refbegin}}Online resources- [https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nhhc-series/nh-series/NH-99000/NH-99153.html Winchester American Steam Yacht, 1907]
- {{cite DANFS
|url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/a/adroit-yacht-i.html
|title=Adroit I (Yacht)
|publisher=Naval History and Heritage Command
|date=19 January 2016
|accessdate=30 October 2016
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