Name USS Katydid Completed 1912 Commissioned 10 May 1917 Builder William Hoff | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 27 March 1917 Length 12 m | |
Fate Laid up 9 December 1919
Transferred to United States Department of War 18 February 1920 | ||
USS Katydid (SP-95) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
Katydid was built as a civilian motorboat in 1912 by William Hoff at New Rochelle, New York. Anticipating the entry of the United States into World War I the following month, the U.S. Navy purchased her on 27 March 1917 from her owner, Arnold G. Dana, for use as a patrol boat. Assigned to the 3rd Naval District on 4 April 1917, she was commissioned on 10 May 1917 as USS Katydid (SP-95) with Chief Boatswain's Mate Asher A. Howell in command.
In 1917, Katydid operated in New York Harbor and nearby waters serving as launch to the training ship USS Wasp and troop transport USS President Grant (ID-3014). Subsequently, she deployed to France.
Katydid was laid up on 9 December 1919. She was transferred to the United States Department of War on 18 February 1920 for service with the United States Army Ordnance Department at Neville Island, Pennsylvania.