Name USS Wiwoka Completed 1912 Commissioned 11 September 1917 Length 19 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 25 July 1917 Decommissioned probably December 1918 Builder Murray and Tregurtha | |
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USS Wiwoka (SP-250) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Wiwoka was built as the civilian motorboat Idylease III in 1912 by Murray and Tregurtha at South Boston, Massachusetts. Idylease III had been renamed Wiwoka by the time the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. Joseph V. Gallagher of New York City, on 25 July 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned as USS Wiwoka (SP-250) on 11 September 1917.
Wiwoka performed section patrol duty in the New York City area for the remainder of World War I.
Hostilities ceased on 11 November 1918, and Wiwoka was decommissioned shortly thereafter—probably in December 1918, because her armament was removed on 18 December 1918. She was returned to Gallagher on 17 January 1919, and her name was stricken from the Navy List that same day.