Name USS Hoqua Completed 1914 Commissioned 27 July 1917 Weight 35.6 tons | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired June 1917 Length 21 m | |
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Builder Charles Seabury, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York | ||
USS Hoqua (SP-142) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
Hoqua was built as a civilian yacht in 1914 by Charles Seabury at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Robert M. Curtis of Chicago, Illinois, in June 1917 for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned at Brooklyn, New York, on 27 July 1917 as USS Hoqua (SP-142) with Chief Boatswain H. F. Dellyse, USNRF, in command.
Hoqua was assigned to the 3rd Naval District, and performed general harbor duties at Brooklyn until 27 March 1918, when she arrived at New Haven, Connecticut, for duty. She served there as an inshore patrol vessel and as an escort for submarines in and around New Haven harbor for the remainder of the war.
The Navy returned Hoqua to her owner on 6 February 1919.