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{{other ships|USS Edith}}{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= Motorboat Edith II.jpg | Ship caption=Edith II in civilian use in 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service.
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country= | 1917}} | Ship name=USS Edith II | Ship namesake=*Edith II was her previous name retained- SP-296 was her section patrol number
| Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship completed=1917 | Ship acquired=May 1917 | Ship commissioned=1917 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship renamed=USS SP-296 in 1918 | Ship reclassified= | Ship homeport= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honors= | Ship fate=Returned to owner early 1919 | Ship status= | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship type= Patrol vessel | Ship tonnage=33 tons | Ship displacement= | 50|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 12|ft|m|abbr=on}} | 4|ft|6|in|m|abbr=on}} | Ship depth= | Ship hold depth= | Ship propulsion= | Ship speed=12 knots | Ship range= | Ship test depth= | Ship complement=11 | Ship armament=2 × 3-pounder guns | Ship armor= | Ship notes=
}} | USS Edith II (SP-296), later USS SP-296, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Edith II was built by the Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1917. The United States Navy acquired her from her owner, Carnot M. Ward of Whippany, New Jersey, in May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and commissioned her as USS Edith II (SP-296). In 1918, her name was changed to USS SP-296. Edith II was returned to Ward in early 1919. References - Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Edith II (American Motor Boat, 1917). Served as USS Edith II (SP-296) and USS SP-296 in 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive SP-296 ex-Edith II (SP 296)
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