Name USS Eclipse Completed 1906 Commissioned 31 August 1917 Builder Gloucester | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 31 August 1917 Length 26 m | |
 | ||
Fate Returned to owner 6 January 1919 | ||
USS Eclipse (SP-417) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Eclipse was built as a private motor schooner of the same name in 1906 by Bishops at Gloucester, Massachusetts. On 31 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Frank W. Spencer of Savannah, Georgia, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Eclipse (SP-417) with Lieutenant, junior grade, J. S. Thompson, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 6th Naval District, Eclipse was based at Savannah, where she served as a pilot boat and guard ship for the remainder of World War I.
Eclipse was returned to her owner on 6 January 1919.
References
USS Eclipse (SP-417) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA