Name USS Ella Completed 1902 Length 9.8 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 8 October 1917 | |
Fate Returned to owner 29 October 1917 Notes No active U.S. Navy service;
Operated as private motorboat Ella 1902-1917 and from October 1917 | ||
The second USS Ella (SP-1676) was a patrol vessel briefly under United States Navy control during 1917.
Ella was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1902. On 8 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was given the section patrol number SP-1676.
Apparently very quickly deemed unsuitable for naval service, Ella was returned to her owner on 29 October 1917.
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