USS Grayling (SP-1259)

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USS Grayling departing Lockwood's Basin at Boston, Massachusetts, for a patrol during World War I. USS Elsie III (SP-708) and USS Lynx II (SP-730) are among the patrol boats in the background.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Grayling
NamesakeThe grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout (previous name retained)
BuilderBoyden, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Completed1915
Acquired7 May 1917
Commissioned22 May 1917
Decommissioned15 January 1919
FateReturned to owner 30 November 1918
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Grayling 1915-1917 and from November 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage4 tons
Length33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Beam7 ft (2.1 m)
Draft2 ft 10 in (0.86 m)
Speed14 knots
Complement3
Armament1 × machine gun

The second USS Grayling (SP-1259) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History

Grayling was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1915 by Boyden at Amesbury, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, E. E. Gray, on 7 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS Grayling (SP-1259).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Grayling served on section patrol duties in Boston Harbor for the remainder of World War I.

Grayling was then returned to Gray on 30 November 1918.

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