USS Weepoose

Weepoose as a private motorboat sometime between 1911 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Weepoose
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderSalisbury Marine Construction Company, Salisbury, Maryland
Completed1911
Acquired2 July 1917
Commissioned22 October 1917
FateTransferred to Department of Agriculture 28 September 1920
NotesOperated as private motorboat Weepoose 1911-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage24 gross register tons
Length60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)
Beam12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) mean
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed10.0 knots
Complement6
Armament

USS Weepoose (SP-405) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to ca. 1918–1920.

Weepoose was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1911 by the Salisbury Marine Construction Company at Salisbury, Maryland. On 2 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, C. S. Thorne, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Weepoose (SP-405) on 22 October 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Weepoose carried out submarine net patrols, but little else is known of her naval career. It is known that on 1 February 1918 she was based at Rosebank, Staten Island, New York.

Weepoose was transferred to the United States Department of Agriculture on 28 September 1920.

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