USS Luce Bros.

Not to be confused with USS Luce.

History
United States
Name	USS Luce Bros.
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Alberton & Douglas Machine Company, New London, Connecticut
Completed	1877
Acquired	Acquired 3 May 1917 Delivered July 1917
Commissioned	9 August 1917
Decommissioned	24 January 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 28 March 1919
Notes	Operated as commercial fishing trawler Luce Bros. 1877-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	67 [1] or 141 [2] Gross register tons
Length	122 ft (37 m)
Beam	19 ft 6 in (5.94 m)
Draft	12 ft (3.7 m)
Speed	11 knots
Complement	26
Armament	None

USS Luce Bros. (SP-846) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Luce Bros. was built as a commercial "Menhaden Fisherman"-type fishing trawler of the same name in 1877 by the Alberton & Douglas Machine Company at New London, Connecticut. She was rebuilt in 1912-1913 by the White Shipbuilding Company at Sharptown, Maryland.

On 3 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Luce Bros. from her owner, the Dennis Fish & Oil Company of Cape Charles, Virginia, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her in July 1917, and she was commissioned at Berkley, Virginia, as USS Luce Bros. (SP-846) on 9 August 1917.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Norfolk, Virginia, Luce Bros. served in the Norfolk and Hampton Roads area on harbor patrol and guard ship duty and in naval intelligence operations for the rest of World War I.

Luce Bros. was decommissioned on 24 January 1919 and returned to the Dennis Fish & Oil Company on 28 March 1919.

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l33/luce_bros.htm.
2. SP-846Luce Bros. 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-800 through SP-899.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• SP-846Luce Bros. 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-800 through SP-899
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Luce Bros. (SP 846)