USS Osprey II

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

USS Osprey II (foreground) in an icy port with other section patrol vessels during the winter of 1917-1918.
History
United States
Name	USS Osprey II
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	William Whittlesey, New York City
Acquired	10 August 1917
Commissioned	5 November 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 26 December 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Osprey II until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	44 Gross register tons
Length	80 ft (24 m)
Beam	14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft	4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed	12 knots
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun 2 × machine guns

USS Osprey II (SP-928) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Osprey II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Williams-Whittlesey Co. in New York City. On 10 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, C. R. Runyon, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Osprey II (SP-928) on 5 November 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District Osprey II operated on patrol duties in the Marine Basin and New York Harbor.

In July 1918, Osprey II was deemed to have proven unsuitable for naval use. Decommissioned at the shipyard of the Charles L. Seabury Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York, she was returned to Runyon on 26 December 1918.

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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Osprey II (SP-928), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian pleasure boat Osprey II
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Osprey II (SP 928)

Osprey II as a private motorboat sometime prior to the entry of the United States into World War I.