USS Courtenay P
USS Courtenay P sometime in 1917 or 1918. | |
| History | |
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| United States | |
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| Namesake |
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| Builder | Gas Engine and Power Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York |
| Completed | ca. 1916 |
| Acquired | Ordered delivered 5 July 1917 |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1917 |
| Renamed | SP-899 in 1918 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 12 December 1918 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Courtenay P 1916-1917 and from 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 52 ft (16 m) |
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USS Courtenay P (SP-899) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Courtenay P was built as a private motorboat of the same name in about 1916 by the Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. On 5 July 1917, she was ordered delivered to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Courtenay P (SP-899) on 30 August 1917. In 1918, her name was changed to USS SP-899.
On 6 July 1918, the Navy declared SP-899 unfit for further service and ordered her returned to her owner. Accordingly, she was duly returned to her owner on 12 December 1918.