USS Pattina
Appearance
![]() USS Pattina (SP-675) during World War I.
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History | |
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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)