Summary
The first USS Kiowa (SP-711), later USS SP-711, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
 USS Kiowa (SP-711) at the time of her acquisition by the U.S. Navy in May 1917.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name |
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| Namesake |
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| Builder | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Completed | 1915 |
| Acquired | 5 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 14 May[1] or 18 June[2] 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 24 November 1918 |
| Renamed | USS SP-711 April 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 28 March 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Kiowa 1915-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 35 ft (11 m) |
| Beam | 9 ft (2.7 m) |
| Draft | 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Armament | 1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) machine gun |
Kiowa was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1915. On 5 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Frank A. Marwell, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Kiowa (SP-711) on either 14 May[3] or 18 June[4] 1917.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Kiowa carried out patrol duties in the Boston, Massachusetts, area for the rest of World War I. In April 1918, she was renamed USS SP-711, presumably to avoid confusion with the cargo ship USS Kiowa (ID-1842), which had been commissioned in February 1918.
SP-711 was decommissioned on 24 November 1918 and returned to Marwell on 28 March 1919.
Notes edit
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k4/kiowa-i.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 711).
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Kiowa (SP-711), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-711.
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k4/kiowa-i.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 711).
- ^ Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Kiowa (SP-711), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-711.
References edit
- 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 Kiowa (SP-711), 1917-1919. Later renamed SP-711
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Kiowa (SP 711)