USS Ono (SP-128)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Ono.

Ono as a civilian motorboat prior to her U.S. Navy service.
History
United States
Name	USS Ono
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Seymour, Detroit, Michigan
Completed	1908
Acquired	16 June 1917 (formally purchased 2 July 1917)
Commissioned	16 June 1917
Stricken	12 August 1919
Fate	Sold 20 November 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Ono 1908-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	6 tons
Length	46 ft 0 in (14.02 m)
Beam	10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft	2 ft 8 in (0.81 m)
Speed	15 miles per hour [1]
Complement	5
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun 2 × machine guns

USS Ono (SP-128) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Ono was built as a civilian motorboat in 1908 by Seymour at Detroit, Michigan. The U.S. Navy took control of Ono from her owner, William Reed-Hill of Detroit, on 16 June 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Ono (SP-128). The Navy formally purchased Ono from Reed-Hill on 2 July 1917

Ono was assigned to the 10th Naval District, and patrolled the waters of the Great Lakes for the remainder of the war.

Ono was stricken from the Navy List on 12 August 1919 and sold to Harry M. Coomer on 20 November 1919.

Notes

1. Both the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o3/ono.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170128.htm) give the boat's speed in "miles per hour", implying statute miles per hour. This is unusual for a boat or ship, and may be a mistaken reference to 15 knots. However, if the boat's speed really is given correctly in statute miles per hour, the equivalent in knots would be 13.

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 Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Ono (American Motor Boat, 1908). Served as USS Ono (SP-128) in 1917-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Ono (SP 128)