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USS Osprey II (SP 928)

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Name
  
USS Osprey II

Acquired
  
10 August 1917

Length
  
24 m

Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Commissioned
  
5 November 1917

USS Osprey II (SP-928)

Builder
  
William Whittlesey, New York City

Fate
  
Returned to owner 26 December 1918

USS Osprey II (SP-928) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Osprey II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by William Whittlesey in New York City. On 10 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, C. R. Runyon, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Osprey II (SP-928) on 5 November 1917 with Chief Boatswain’s Mate A. V. Walters in command.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District Osprey II operated on patrol duties in the Marine Basin and New York Harbor.

In July 1918, Osprey II was deemed to have proven unsuitable for naval use. Decommissioned at the shipyard of the Charles L. Seabury Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York, she was returned to Runyon on 26 December 1918.

References

USS Osprey II (SP-928) Wikipedia