USS Ellington

History
United States
Name	USS Ellington
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1915
Acquired	1917
Commissioned	22 May 1917
Fate	Returned to Bureau of Immigration 26 February 1919
Notes	Operated as Bureau of Immigration motor launch Ellington 1915-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	61 ft 6 in (18.75 m)
Beam	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement	7

USS Ellington (SP-776) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Ellington was built as a civilian motor launch of the same name in 1915 for the Bureau of Immigration. In 1917, she was transferred to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS Ellington (SP-776).

Assigned to the 12th Naval District, Ellington performed harbor patrol and guard ship duty in the San Pedro, Los Angeles, area for the rest of World War I.

Ellington was transferred back to the Bureau of Immigration on 26 February 1919.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• SP-776Ellington 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-700 through SP-799
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Ellington (SP 776)