USS Avis

Last updated

Motorboat Avis.jpg
Avis as a private motorboat, underway on the Great Lakes sometime between 1908 and 1917.
History
US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Avis
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBerger, Manitowoc, Wisconsin
Completed1908
Acquired28 July 1917
Commissioned28 July 1917
Decommissioned15 November 1918
Stricken15 November 1918
FateReturned to owners 15 November 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Avis 1908-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage17 gross register tons
Length52 ft (16 m)
Beam11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m) aft
Speed10 knots
Complement8
Armament

USS Avis (SP-382) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918.

Contents

Construction and acquisition

Avis was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1908 by Berger at Manitowoc, Wisconsin. On 28 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, Richard W. Phillips and H. R. Phillips, for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Avis (SP-382) the same day.

Operational history

Assigned to the 9th, 10th, and 11th Naval Districts – a single administrative entity created by the almagation of the 9th Naval District, 10th Naval District, and 11th Naval District -- Avis departed Waukegan, Illinois, in September 1917 to take up section patrol duties at the section headquarters at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, from which she patrolled the canal system connecting Lake Superior and Lake Huron. She moved to Detroit, Michigan, on 10 November 1917 to prepare to be laid up over the winter of 1917-1918 while the Great Lakes were frozen over. On 15 November 1917 she turned over her logbooks to the section commander at Detroit and became inactive for the winter.

On 9 May 1918, the training ship USS Isla de Luzon departed Detroit with Avis under tow, bound for Sault Ste. Marie, where they arrived on 12 May 1918. Avis then began reactivation there, and resumed her patrols of the Sault Ste. Marie canal system on 1 June 1918. She continued them until the end of World War I on 11 November 1918.

Disposal

Avis was decommissioned, stricken from the Navy List, and returned to her owners on 15 November 1918.

Related Research Articles

USS <i>Voyager</i> (SP-361) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Voyager (SP-361) was a wooden-hulled motorboat of the United States Navy. She was built at Bay City, Michigan, by the Defoe Boat and Motor Works company, was acquired by the Navy from H. J. Defoe in July 1917.

USS <i>Atlantis</i> (SP-40) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Atlantis (SP-40) was a wooden hulled motorboat built in 1911 at Greenport, Long Island, New York, by the Greenport Basin and Construction Company. The vessel was acquired by the Navy from Leonard H. Dyer of New York City, on 2 July 1917. Slated for service as a section patrol boat, the boat was designated SP-40 and was commissioned on 27 September 1917, Chief Boatswain Edward Cunningham, USNRF, in command.

USS Advance (1917) was an Advance-class patrol boat acquired by the United States Navy for the task of patrolling American coastal waters during the First World War.

USS <i>Ionita</i> (SP-388) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Ionita (SP-388) was a yacht acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. Ionita was outfitted by the Navy as a patrol craft and reported to the Commander, 9th Naval District, headquartered at Lake Bluff, Illinois. Ionita patrolled the Detroit River and was struck by the Navy at war’s end.

USRC <i>Mackinac</i> (1902)

USRC Mackinac, later USCGC Mackinac, was a patrol boat that served in the United States Revenue Cutter Service from 1903 to 1915 and in the United States Coast Guard from 1915 to 1917 and from 1919 to 1939.

USS <i>Arroyo</i> U.S. Navy patrol vessel (1917–1918)

USS Arroyo (SP-197) was a U.S. Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS <i>Hyac</i> (SP-216) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Hyac (SP-216) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS <i>Killarney</i> (SP-219) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Killarney (SP-219) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS <i>Whirlwind</i> (SP-221) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

The first USS Whirlwind (SP-221) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission in 1917 and again in 1918.

USS Josephine H. II (SP-245) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS <i>Tillamook</i> (SP-269) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

The second USS Tillamook (SP-269), later USS SP-269, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS Raboco (SP-310) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

USS Suzanne (SP-510) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS <i>Betty M. II</i> Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Betty M. II (SP-623) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS <i>Welcome</i> (SP-1175) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Welcome (SP-1175) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 or 1919.

USS Geraldine (SP-1011) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Ensign (SP-1051) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS Hunch (SP-1197) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to possibly 1918.

USS <i>Herreshoff No. 306</i> (SP-1841) Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Herreshoff No. 306 (SP-1841), also written Herreshoff #306, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1922.

USS <i>Audwin</i> Patrol vessel of the United States Navy

USS Audwin (SP-451) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1919. She then was a survey vessel in the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1919 to 1927.

References

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.