USS Patrol No. 5

	USS Patrol No. 5 during World War I
History
United States
Name	USS Patrol No. 5
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Britt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts
Completed	1916
Acquired	7 April 1917
Commissioned	13 April 1917
Fate	Sold 23 April 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Patrol No. 5 from 1916 to 1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	5 tons
Length	40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Beam	9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Draft	2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed	26 knots
Complement	2
Armament	1 × machine gun

USS Patrol No. 5 (SP-29), often rendered as USS Patrol #5, was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Background[edit]

Patrol No. 5 was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1916 by Britt Brothers [Wikidata] at Lynn, Massachusetts. She was one of five motorboats built to the same design for private owners by Britt Brothers as part of the civilian Preparedness Movement program with an understanding that they would enter U.S. Navy service in time of war, the others being Patrol No. 1, which later became USS Patrol No. 1 (SP-45); Patrol No. 2, which later became USS Patrol No. 2 (SP-409); Patrol No. 3, which never entered U.S. Navy service; and Patrol No. 4, which later became USS Patrol No. 4 (SP-8).

The U.S. Navy purchased Patrol No. 5 from her owner, Roland C. Nickerson of East Brewster, Massachusetts, on 7 April 1917 and commissioned her for service during World War I as USS Patrol No. 5 (SP-29) on 13 April 1917. She operated in the 2nd Naval District, headquartered at Newport, Rhode Island, on patrol during the remainder of the United States' participation in World War I.

Patrol No. 5 was decommissioned postwar and sold to Reinhard Hall of Brooklyn, New York, on 23 April 1919.

Notes[edit]

^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p3/patrol-5.htm, although other boats of the class had a complement of 5, which is more likely.

References[edit]

[1] Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p3/patrol-5.htm, although other boats of the class had a complement of 5, which is more likely.

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