 Whistler passing a Virginia-class battleship around the time of her acquisition by the U.S. Navy in May 1917. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Whistler |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | J. E. Graves, Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | 17 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 31 July 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 19 May 1919 |
| Stricken | 19 May 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 20 June 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Whistler in 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 20 gross register tons |
| Length | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft (0.91 m) mean |
| Speed | 25 knots |
| Complement | 7 |
| Armament |
|
USS Whistler (SP-784) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Whistler was built as a private motorboat of the same name by J. E. Graves at Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1917. On 17 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Lawrence F. Percival of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Whistler (SP-784) on 31 July 1917.
Assigned to the Boston Section of the 1st Naval District, Whistler operated from the naval district 's headquarters at the Commonwealth Pier in Boston on harbor entrance patrols for the rest of World War I. She occasionally served as a dispatch boat, carrying messages to and from other boats patrolling the harbor entrance. She also stood by the new submarine USS O-5 (Submarine No. 66) while O-5 conducted pre-commissioning submergence and sea trials on 30 May 1918.
Whistler was decommissioned on 19 May 1919 and stricken from the Navy List the same day. She was sold to J. E. Doherty of Boston on 20 June 1919.
