Needle is in the left foreground in this photograph of boats undergoing conversion for World War I use as United States Navy patrol vessels, ca. July 1917. In the center foreground is USS Inca (SP-1212). The boat on the right and the four boats in the background are unidentified. |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Needle |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Completed: | 1906 |
| Acquired: | 9 June 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 20 June 1917 |
| Struck: | 18 August 1919 |
| Fate: | Sold 16 September 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Needle 1906-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 22 gross register tons |
| Length: | 71 ft (22 m) |
| Beam: | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft 9 in (1.14 m) |
| Speed: | 12 knots |
| Armament: | 2 x machine guns |
USS Needle (SP-649) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Needle was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1906. On 9 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, George L. Batchelder of Medford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Needle (SP-649) on 20 June 1917.
Needle carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Needle was stricken from the Navy List on 18 August 1919 and sold to Morgan Barney of New York City on 16 September 1919.