USS Kuwana II (SP-594)[1] was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
NameUSS Kuwana II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderElectric Launch Company (Elco), Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed1911
Acquired2 June 1917
Commissioned2 June 1917
Stricken5 December 1918
FateReturned to owner
NotesOperated as private motorboat Kuwana II 1911-1917and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage34 gross register tons
Length76 ft (23 m)
Beam13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed23 knots
Complement8
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

Kuwana II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Electric Launch Company (Elco) at Bayonne, New Jersey, in 1911. In 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, Frank E. Masland of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her on 2 June 1917 and she was commissioned the same day as USS Kumara II (SP-594). She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 8 June 1917.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Kuwana II was based at Cold Spring Harbor, New Jersey. For the rest of World War I, she patrolled the Delaware Bay and Delaware River from Cape May, New Jersey, to Wilmington, Delaware, guarded the submarine net at Fort Delaware, and patrolled coastal waters near her base. She also served as a dispatch boat and training ship.

Kuwana II was stricken from the Navy List on 5 December 1918 and returned to Masland.

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