The first USS Shad (SP-551) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

USS Shad (SP-551) hauled out of the water at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between 1917 and 1919.
History
United States
NameUSS Shad
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1907
Acquired15 May 1917
Commissioned24 May 1917
Decommissioned1919
Stricken18 August 1919
FateSold 10 September 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Shad 1907-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage17 gross register tons
Length43 ft 8 in (13.31 m)
Beam10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft3 ft 5 in (1.04 m)
Speed12 knots
Complement8
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

Shad was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts in 1907. On 15 May 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her from Herbert C. Talbot for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Shad (SP-551) on 24 May 1917.

Presumably assigned to the 1st Naval District, Shad served on patrol duties in Boston Harbor at Boston, Massachusetts, for the rest of World War I and during the first few months of 1919.

Shad was decommissioned in 1919, stricken from the Navy List on 18 August 1919, and sold on 10 September 1919 to the J. E. Doherty Company of Boston.

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