USS Pollyanna

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NameUSS Pollyanna
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1900 [1] or 1910 [2] [3]
Acquired31 July 1917
Commissioned4 August 1917
FateReturned to owner 22 January 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Pollyanna 1900 or 1910 to 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Tonnage5 Gross register tons
Length35 ft (11 m)
Beam9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Draft2 ft (0.61 m)
Speed13 knots
Complement4

USS Pollyanna (SP-1048) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Pollyanna was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1900 [1] or 1910. [2] [3] On 31 July 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, William H. Long of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at Newport, Rhode Island, on 4 August 1917 as USS Pollyanna (SP-1048).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England and based at Newport, Pollyanna carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

The Navy returned Pollyanna to Long on 22 January 1919.

Notes

  1. 1 2 "USN Ships – by Hull Number: SP-1000 through SP-1099". The Public's Library and Digital Archive. 2008-12-01. Retrieved 2019-09-13. SP-1048: Pollyanna. Motor boat, 1900. USN: Pollyanna, 1917–1919.
  2. 1 2 "Pollyanna (S. P. 1048)". NHHC. 1917-07-31. Retrieved 2019-09-13.
  3. 1 2 "Pollyanna (SP 1048)". NavSource Naval History. 1917-07-31. Retrieved 2019-09-13.

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