USS Cobra (SP-626)

USS Cobra (SP-626) is at the center of this photograph taken in a New England port during World War I. An unidentified patrol boat is tied up inboard of her; the bows of the patrol boats USS Parthenia (SP-671) and USS Marold (SP-737) are visible at left, tied up alongside each other, with Parthenia inboard; and the submarine USS L-10 (Submarine No. 50) is in the foreground.
History
United States
Name:	USS Cobra
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Acquired:	19 September 1917
Commissioned:	4 November 1917 [1]
Fate:	Transferred to Bureau of Fisheries 9 September 1919
Notes:	Operated as private motorboat Cobra until 1917
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Length:	53.7 ft (16.4 m)

USS Cobra (SP-626) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Cobra was built as a private motorboat of the same name at Lynn, Massachusetts. On 19 September 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned^[2] as USS Cobra (SP-626) on 19 September 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Cobra performed patrol duty for the rest of World War I.

Decommissioned sometime after the end of the war, Cobra was transferred to the Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919. Renamed: Petrel.

Notes

1. The Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships's assertion at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/cobra.htm that Cobra served in a non-commissioned status is corrected at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Cobra (SP-626), 1917-1919.
2. The Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships's assertion at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/cobra.htm that Cobra served in a non-commissioned status is corrected at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Cobra (SP-626), 1917-1919.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Cobra (SP-626), 1917-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Cobra (SP 626)