USS Natoya

Natoya as a private motorboat sometime between 1909 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Natoya
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1909
Acquired11 June 1917
Commissioned11 June 1917[1] or 19 June 1917[2]
Decommissioned11 January 1918
Recommissioned18 May 1918
Decommissioned18 December 1918
FateTransferred to U.S. Customs Service 3 April 1919[3] or 12 April 1919[4]
NotesOperated as private motorboat Natoya 1909-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage12 gross register tons
Length44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Beam9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement9
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Natoya (SP-396) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Natoya as a private motorboat sometime between 1909 and 1917.

Natoya was built as a private motorboat in 1909. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, R. M. Haddock of Ossining, New York, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at New York City as USS Natoya (SP-391) on either 11 June 1917[5] or 19 June 1917.[6]

Natoya served on patrol duties in New York Harbor. She was decommissioned on 11 January 1918 to undergo repairs. After their completion, she was recommissioned on 18 May 1918 and resumed her patrol duties for the remainder of World War I.

Natoya was decommissioned for the second and last time on 18 December 1918. On either 3 April 1919[7] or 12 April 1919,[8] she was transferred to the United States Department of the Treasury for use by the United States Customs Service.

Notes

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  1. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natoya.htm).
  2. ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-n/natoya.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170396.htm).
  3. ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-n/natoya.htm).
  4. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natoya.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170396.htm).
  5. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natoya.htm).
  6. ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-n/natoya.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170396.htm).
  7. ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-n/natoya.htm).
  8. ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natoya.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170396.htm).

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