 USS Ellen, probably in the New York City area. | |
| History | |
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| Name: | USS Ellen |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Completed: | 1911 [1] or 1915 [2] |
| Acquired: | Either on or before 10 May 1917 [3] or on 14 May 1917 [1] |
| Commissioned: | Either placed in non-commissioned service 10 May 1917 or commissioned on 10 August 1917 [4] |
| Fate: | Either returned to owner sometime after 31 May 1918 [2] or sold on 30 April 1919 [1] |
| Notes: | Operated as civilian yacht Ellen from 1911 [1] or 1915 [2] until 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Length: | Either 42 ft (13 m) [2] or 67 ft 10 in (20.68 m) [1] |
The second USS Ellen (SP-284) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 until 1918 or 1919. Sources differ on most aspects of her history and even on her physical characteristics. [5]
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Ellen was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name either in 1911 at Staten Island, New York, [1] or in 1915 at Greenport, New York on Long Island. [2] The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner either on or before 10 May 1917 [3] or on 14 May 1917 [1] for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She served in the Navy as USS Ellen (SP-284), but sources differ as to whether she served in a non-commissioned status throughout her Navy career [6] and was placed in service on 10 May 1917 [7] or was commissioned on 10 August 1917. [8]
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Greenport is a village in Suffolk County, New York, United States. It is on the north fork of Long Island. The population was 2,197 at the 2010 census.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Ellen operated on section patrol duties in the New York City area for the rest of her naval career.
A Section Patrol craft was a civilian vessel registered by the United States Navy for potential wartime service before, during, and shortly after World War I.
Sources differ on the timing and nature of the end of Ellen's naval service. She either was placed out of service on 31 May 1918 and returned to her owner [2] or remained in service through the end of World War I and was sold postwar on 30 April 1919. [1]
Ellen should not be confused with USS Ellen (SP-1209), later USS SP-1209, another patrol vessel in commission at the same time.
The third USS Ellen (SP-1209) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
