USS Karibou (SP-200) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Karibou in civilian use prior to her U.S. Navy service.
History
United States
NameUSS Karibou
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderSalisbury Marine Construction Company, Salibsury, Maryland.
Completed1911[1] or 1913[2]
Acquired17 May 1917
Commissioned18 May 1917
Decommissioned5 February 1919
FateReturned to owner 5 February 1919
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Lebanon and Karibou 1911-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage25 tons
Length65 ft 6 in (19.96 m)
Beam12 ft 5 in (3.78 m)
Draft4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Speed10 knots
Complement7
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

Karibou was built as the civilian motorboat Lebanon in either 1911[3] or 1913[4] by the Salisbury Marine Construction Company at Salibsury, Maryland. She later was renamed Karibou.

The U.S. Navy chartered Karibou from her owner, Harwood Spencer of Asheville, North Carolina, on 17 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned as USS Karibou (SP-200) on 18 May 1917.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia, Karibou served as an armed guard patrol craft in the harbors of Norfolk and Newport News, Virginia. She acted as a mail and dispatch boat along the lower reaches of the James River and the York River and patrolled Atlantic coastal waters from Norfolk to Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Karibou was decommissioned on 5 February 1919, and was returned to her former owner the same day.

Notes

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  1. ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/karibou.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170200.htm).
  2. ^ Per the Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-k/karibou.htm).
  3. ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k1/karibou.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170200.htm).
  4. ^ Per the Navy History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-k/karibou.htm).

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