USS Patrol No. 11 (SP-1106)
USS Patrol No. 11 (SP-1106), often rendered as USS Patrol #11, was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Patrol No. 11 |
| Builder: | Murray and Tregurthe, Boston, Massachusetts |
| Completed: | 1912 |
| Acquired: | 27 August 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 20 September 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 1918 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 5 December 1918 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat 1912-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 16 tons |
| Length: | 55 ft (17 m) |
| Beam: | 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m) |
| Draft: | 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) |
| Speed: | 14 knots |
| Complement: | 8[1] or 11[2] |
| Armament: | 1 × machine gun |
Patrol No. 11 was built as a private motorboat in 1912 by Murray and Tregurthe at Boston, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, H. Galletin Pell of New York City, on 27 August 1917 and commissioned her for service in World War I as USS Patrol No. 11 (SP-1106) on 20 September 1917.
Patrol No. 11 operated on scout patrol in the 2nd Naval District, headquartered at Newport, Rhode Island, for remainder of World War I. She was decommissioned quickly postwar returned to her owner on 5 December 1918.
Notes
- NavSource.org at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171106.htm
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p3/patrol-11.htm
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Patrol No. 11 (SP 1106)
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