USS Elf

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Elf (SP-81) as a civilian motorboat on a winter day in early 1917, just after her completion and prior to her U.S. Navy service
History
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NameUSS Elf
NamesakePrevious name retained
Builder Stanley Vansant
Completed1917
AcquiredMay 1917
Commissioned3 May 1917
Decommissioned9 January 1919
FateReturned to owner 10 January 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Elf 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Length53 ft (16 m)
Beam12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m) mean
Speed22 knots
Complement8
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Elf (SP-81) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Elf in a tropical harbor as a private motorboat in early 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service. USS Elf (SP-81) in tropical harbor.jpg
Elf in a tropical harbor as a private motorboat in early 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service.

Elf was a civilian motorboat completed in early 1917 by Stanley Vansant. In early May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Louis H. Eisenlohr of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for World War I service as a patrol boat. She was commissioned as USS Elf (SP-81) on 3 May 1917.

Elf performed patrol duty in the 4th Naval District until July 1918, when she was transferred to the 7th Naval District.

Elf was decommissioned on 9 January 1919 and returned to her owner on 10 January 1919.

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