USS Chanticleer (SP-663)

The first USS Chanticleer (SP-663) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Chanticleer (SP-663) underway during World War I.
History
United States
Name: USS Chanticleer
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Wilton C. Crosby
Acquired: 21 May 1917
Commissioned: 22 May 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 25 November 1918
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Chanticleer until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 37 ft 5 in (11.40 m)

Chanticleer was built as a private motorboat by Wilton C. Crosby. On 21 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, H.S. Hutchinson of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS Chanticleer (SP-663).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Chanticleer carried out patrol duties in for the rest of World War I.

Chanticleer was returned to Hutchinson on 25 November 1918.

References

Chanticleer as a private motorboat prior to her United States Navy service.
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