USS Sayonara II (SP-587)
.jpg) USS Sayonara II (SP-587) underway sometime between 1917 and 1919. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Sayonara II |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Acquired: | 25 April 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 8 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | March 1919 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 10 April 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Sayonara II 1916-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 46 gross register tons |
| Length: | 74 ft (23 m) |
| Beam: | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Draft: | 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) |
| Armament: | 2 × 1-pounder guns |
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USS Sayonara II (SP-587) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Sayonara II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1916. On 25 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a $1.00 (USD)-per-month lease from her owner, Charles Blum of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Sayonara II (SP-587) on 8 May 1917 with Chief Boatswain's Mate R. F. Grassie, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Sayonara II carried out patrol duties there for the rest of World War I and into early 1919.
Sayonara II was decommissioned in March 1919 and returned to Blum on 10 April 1919.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Sayonara II (SP-587), 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Sayonara II (SP 587)