USS Edithia (SP-214/YP-214) was a motor yacht

Yacht

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 in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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Edithia was built by C. L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York

New York

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, in 1909; purchased by the Navy in May 1917; and commissioned 23 August 1917, Ensign M. S. Pearson, USNRF, in command. She was classified YP-214 on 17 July 1920.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District

Edithia was assigned to the 3rd Naval District where she patrolled in Long Island Sound

Long Island Sound

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, and guarded the submarine nets in New York Harbor

New York Harbor

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 for the duration of World War I

World War I

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. Retained in the U.S. Navy after the war, she remained in the 3rd Naval District, carrying out various functions.

Post-World War I decommissioning

She was decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 13 December 1921, and in July 1922, lent to the State of New Jersey

New Jersey

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. Returned to the Navy in 1932, Edithia was stricken from the Navy List

Navy List

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on 19 July 1933, and sold on 3 October 1933.