USS Pauline

Summary

USS Pauline (SP-658) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
NameUSS Pauline
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderEverett Shaw Company, Cutler, Maine
Acquired28 June 1917
Commissioned2 July 1917
FateReturned to owner 28 January 1919
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Pauline until 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage8 gross register tons
Displacement40 tons
Length42 ft (13 m)
Beam12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft3 ft 2 in (0.97 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement3
Armament1 × machine gun

Pauline was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name by the Everett Shaw Company at Cutler, Maine. On 28 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Maine Fish Patrol, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Pauline (SP-658) on 2 July 1917.

Based at Boston, Massachusetts, Pauline served on patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

Pauline was returned to the Maine Fish Patrol on 28 January 1919.

References edit

  • This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
  • SP-658 Pauline 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-600 through SP-699
  • NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Pauline (SP 658)