| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Speedway |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Gas Engine & Power Company and Charles L. Seabury Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York |
| Acquired: | 2 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 3 May 1917 |
| Fate: | 14 February 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Speedway until 1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 15 gross register tons |
| Length: | 52 ft (16 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft 3 in (3.43 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft (0.91 m) aft |
| Speed: | 16 miles per hour[1] |
| Armament: | 1 x 1-pounder gun 1 x .30-caliber (7.62-mm) machine gun |
USS Speedway (SP-407) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Speedway was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Gas Engine & Power Company and the Charles L. Seabury Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. On 2 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, W. Blair of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Speedway (SP-407) on 3 May 1917.
Speedway served on patrol duties along the Mid-Atlantic coast of the United States through the end of World War I. The Navy returned her to her owner on 14 February 1919.