USS Wego

History
United States
Name	USS Wego, We-go, or We Go
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Company, Camden, Maine
Acquired	By 9 August 1917
Commissioned	By 9 August 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 1 October 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Wego, We-go, or We Go until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	34 ft 5 in (10.49 m)
Beam	9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Draft	2 ft 9 in (0.84 m) aft
Speed	10.0 knots
Complement	4
Armament	1 × machine gun

USS Wego (SP-1196), also spelled We-go ^[1] and We Go, ^[2] was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Wego was built as a private wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name by the Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Company at Camden, Maine. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. R. B. Fuller of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Wego was listed as "delivered and commissioned" as of 9 August 1917 as USS Wego, We-go, or We Go (SP-1196).

Apparently assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Wego served on local patrol duties. She was returned to her owner on 1 October 1918.

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships at .
2. SP-1196We Go 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-1100 through SP-1199.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• SP-1196We Go 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-1100 through SP-1199
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Wego (SP 1196)