USS Pattina (SP-675)

USS Pattina (SP-675) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS Pattina (SP-675) during World War I.
History
United States
Name: USS Pattina
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Luders Marine Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut
Completed: 1916
Acquired: 10 September 1917
Commissioned: 22 October 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 19 February 1919
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Pattina 1916–1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 31 gross register tons
Length: 60 ft (18 m)
Beam: 11 ft 4 in (3.45 m)
Draft: 3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed: 25 knots
Complement: 9
Armament: 1 × machine gun

Pattina was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut, in 1916. On 10 September 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, B.F. Schwarts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 October 1917 as USS Pattina (SP-675).

Pattina conducted patrols along the United States East Coast for remainder of World War I and into early 1919. She was returned to Schwarts on 19 February 1919.

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