USS Pattina (SP-675)
.jpg) USS Pattina (SP-675) during World War I. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States
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| Name: | USS Pattina |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | Luders Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Acquired: | 10 September 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 22 October 1917 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 19 February 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Pattina 1916–1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 31 gross register tons |
| Length: | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Speed: | 25 knots |
| Complement: | 9 |
| Armament: | 1 × machine gun |
USS Pattina (SP-675) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Pattina was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1916. On 10 September 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, B.F. Schwarts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 October 1917 as USS Pattina (SP-675).
Pattina conducted patrols along the United States East Coast for remainder of World War I and into early 1919. She was returned to Schwarts on 19 February 1919.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Pattina (SP-675), 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Pattina (SP 675)
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