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USS Osprey II

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USS Osprey II (foreground) in an icy port with other section patrol vessels during the winter of 1917-1918.
History
United States
NameUSS Osprey II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderWilliam Whittlesey, New York City
Acquired10 August 1917
Commissioned5 November 1917
FateReturned to owner 26 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Osprey II until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage44 Gross register tons
Length80 ft (24 m)
Beam14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed12 knots
Armament

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 Williams-Whittlesey Co. 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.

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

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Osprey II as a private motorboat sometime prior to the entry of the United States into World War I.