USS Natalia (SP-1251) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918

USS Natalia (SP-1251) during World War I.
History
United States
NameUSS Natalia
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1909
Acquired8 May 1917
Commissioned8 May 1917
FateReturned to owner 5 July 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Natalia 1909-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length55 ft (17 m)
Beam10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Draft6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Speed12 knots
Armament1 × .30-caliber (7.62-mm) machine gun
Natalia as a private motorboat sometime between 1909 and 1917.

Natalia was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1909 at either Stamford, Connecticut,[1] or Gloucester, Massachusetts,[2] to a design by Whittelsey & Whitaker. On 8 May 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, John Hayes Hammond, Jr., of either Gloucester[3] or Stamford,[4] for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Natalia (SP-1251).[5]

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Natalia entered service as a section patrol boat. However, she proved unsuitable for naval use and was returned to Hammond on 5 July 1918.

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