USS Natalia (SP-1251)

USS Natalia (SP-1251) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918

USS Natalia (SP-1251) during World War I.
History
United States
Name: USS Natalia
Namesake: Previous name retained
Completed: 1909
Acquired: 8 May 1917
Commissioned: 8 May 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 5 July 1918
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Natalia 1909-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 55 ft (17 m)
Beam: 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Draft: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Speed: 12 knots
Armament: 1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) machine gun
Natalia as a private motorboat sometime between 1909 and 1917.

Natalia was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1909 at either Stamford, Connecticut,[1] or Gloucester, Massachusetts,[2] to a design by Whittelsey & Whitaker. On 8 May 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, John Hayes Hammond, Jr., of either Gloucester[3] or Stamford,[4] for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Natalia (SP-1251).[5]

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Natalia entered service as a section patrol boat. However, she proved unsuitable for naval use and was returned to Hammond on 5 July 1918.

Notes
  1. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Natalia (SP-1251), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Natalia.
  2. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natalia.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Natalia (SP 1251).
  3. Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Natalia (SP-1251), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Natalia.
  4. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natalia.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Natalia (SP 1251).
  5. Sources differ on the location of Natalia's construction and on the residence of her owner. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natalia.htm claims that she was built at Gloucester and her owner resided at Stamford and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Natalia (SP 1251) repeats this, while Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Natalia (SP-1251), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Natalia. claims the opposite. The latter is probably an update and correction of the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships information.

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