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

History
United States
NameUSS Itasca II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHudson Yacht & Boat Building Company, Nyack, New York
Completed1911
Acquired29 May 1918
Commissioned13 July 1918
Decommissioned6 February 1919
FateReturned to owner 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Itasca II 1911-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage58[1] or 85[2] Gross register tons
Length99 ft 9 in (30.40 m)
Beam16 ft 7 in (5.05 m)
Draft4 ft 9 in (1.45 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement10
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

edit

References

edit