USS ''Wave'' (YFB-10) was a

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that was commissioned in 1916 and struck in 1938. She was the third ship to receive this name.

Construction

''Wave'' was

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on 7 March 1916, by

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, in Charleston,

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. She was launched on 31 August 1916, completed in November 1916, and delivered to the Naval Training Station, in

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in the spring of 1917. She was long, and wide. She was propelled by a 230-horsepower engine.

Service history

Soon after being placed in service, ''Wave'' was assigned to the Torpedo Station at

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. That may have been her only assignment since the few records of her service extant suggest that she served in the

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, which contained Newport until it was disbanded, and then in the

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, which inherited Newport, throughout the remainder of her active career. In July 1920, as the Navy instituted its alphanumeric hull classification system, she received the designation YFB-10. Her name was struck from the

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on 20 January 1938. No record of her subsequent fate has been uncovered.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wave (YFB-10) Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina Ferries of the United States Navy World War I auxiliary ships of the United States