USS Itasca II (SP-803)

USS Itasca II (SP-803) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Itasca.
Not to be confused with USS Itasca (SP-810).
History
United States
Name: USS Itasca II
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Hudson Yacht & Boat Building Company, Nyack, New York
Completed: 1911
Acquired: 29 May 1918
Commissioned: 13 July 1918
Decommissioned: 6 February 1919
Fate: Returned to owner 1919
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Itasca II 1911-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 58[1] or 85[2] Gross register tons
Length: 99 ft 9 in (30.40 m)
Beam: 16 ft 7 in (5.05 m)
Draft: 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Speed: 10 knots
Complement: 10
Armament:

Itasca II was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1911 by the Hudson Yacht & Boat Building Company at Nyack, New York. On 29 May 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, E. B. Hawkins of Duluth, Minnesota, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Itasca II (SP-803) on 13 July 1918.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District and based at New York City, Itasca II served on harbor and section patrol duties for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Itasca II was decommissioned on 6 February 1919 and returned to Hawkins

Notes
  1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i3/itasca_ii-a.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Itasca II (SP 803) .
  2. SP-803 Itasca II 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-800 through SP-899.

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