Name USS Weepoose Completed 1911 Commissioned 22 October 1917 | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 2 July 1917 Length 18 m | |
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Builder Salisbury Marine Construction Company, Salisbury, Maryland | ||
USS Weepoose (SP-405) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to ca. 1918-1920.
Weepoose was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1911 by the Salisbury Marine Construction Company at Salisbury, Maryland. On 2 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, C. S. Thorne, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Weepoose (SP-405) on 22 October 1917.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Weepoose carried out submarine net patrols, but little else is known of her naval career. It is known that on 1 February 1918 she was based at Rosebank, Staten Island, New York.
Weepoose was transferred to the United States Department of Agriculture on 28 September 1920.
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