USS Kuwana II

History
United States
Name	USS Kuwana II
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Electric Launch Company (Elco), Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed	1911
Acquired	2 June 1917
Commissioned	2 June 1917
Stricken	5 December 1918
Fate	Returned to owner
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Kuwana II 1911-1917and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	34 gross register tons
Length	76 ft (23 m)
Beam	13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft	2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed	23 knots
Complement	8
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Kuwana II (SP-594) ^[1] was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Kuwana II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Electric Launch Company (Elco) at Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1911. In 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, Frank E. Masland of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her on 2 June 1917 and she was commissioned the same day as USS Kumara II (SP-594). She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 8 June 1917.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Kuwana II was based at Cold Spring Harbor, New Jersey. For the rest of World War I, she patrolled the Delaware Bay and Delaware River from Cape May, New Jersey, to Wilmington, Delaware, guarded the submarine net at Fort Delaware, and patrolled coastal waters near her base. She also served as a dispatch boat and training ship.

Kuwana II was stricken from the Navy List on 5 December 1918 and returned to Masland.

Notes

1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k5/kuwana_ii.htm gives Kuwana II's section patrol number as SP-97, but that number actually belonged to the patrol vessel USS Kumigan (SP-97); the mistake is corrected at SP-594: Kuwana II at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599 and at NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kuwana II (SP 594).

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• SP-594: Kuwana II at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-500 through SP-599
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kuwana II (SP 594)