USS Miss Toledo

Miss Toledo as a private motorboat the shipyard of her builder, the Dachel-Carter Boat Company in Benton Harbor, Michigan, prior to her acquisition by the United States Navy. A U.S. Navy officer and at least one sailor are among the people standing on her deck.
History
United States
Name	USS Miss Toledo
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corporation in Benton Harbor, Michigan
Completed	1917
Acquired	30 April 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 14 December 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	19 Gross register tons
Length	60 ft (18 m)
Beam	11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft	4 ft (1.2 m)
Propulsion	Gasoline engine
Speed	25 miles per hour [1]

USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711) was a United States Navy patrol vessel acquired for a few months in 1918.

Miss Toledo was built in 1917 by the Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corporation at Benton Harbor, Michigan. On 30 April 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, R. M. Ellery of Toledo, Ohio, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was assigned the section patrol number SP-1711.

Although presumably acquired for patrol work on the Great Lakes, Miss Toledo apparently saw no active naval service. The Navy returned her to Ellery on 14 December 1918.

See also

• Other Ships built by Dachel-Carter Shipbuilding Corporation:

• USS Bobolink (AMS-2)
• USS Bunting (AMS-3)

Notes

1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m11/miss_toledo.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171711.htm give Miss Toledo's speed as 25 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 25 knots. If 25 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 21.7.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Miss Toledo (Motor Boat, 1917). Taken over by the Navy in 1918
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Miss Toledo (SP 1711)