USS Barracuda (SP-23)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Barracuda.
Barracuda ca. 1916.
History
United States
Name: USS Barracuda (proposed)
Namesake: The barracuda, any of several large, voracious fishes of warm oceans related to the gray mullets
Completed: 1916
Acquired: Never
Commissioned: Never
Notes: Registered as SP-23 for potential U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel (proposed)
Length: 33 ft (10 m)
Armament: Never armed

Note: This ship should not be confused with patrol boat USS Barracuda (SP-845), which served in the U.S. Navy in the same era.

USS Barracuda (SP-23) was the designation for a motorboat considered in 1916 or 1917 for service in the United States Navy that never actually was acquired by the Navy.

Barracuda was a private motorboat built in 1916 at Amityville, New York. The U.S. Navy inspected her in late 1916 or early 1917 for possible World War I service as a patrol boat, and she was registered accordingly with the naval section patrol designation SP-23. However, the Navy never took possession of or commissioned Barracuda, and she remained in civilian hands throughout the war.

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