USS Kingfisher (SP-76)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Kingfisher.
History
Name: USS Kingfisher
Builder: George Lawley & Son
Laid down: 1916
Acquired: 8 May 1917
Commissioned: 15 May 1917
Decommissioned: 22 January 1919
Homeport: New London, Connecticut
Fate: Returned to owner, 4 March 1919
General characteristics
Type: Commercial motor launch
Displacement: 17 long tons (17 t)
Length: 60 ft (18 m)
Beam: 10 ft 9 in (3.28 m)
Draft: 3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed: 26 knots (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Complement: Varied
Armament:
  • 1 × 11-pounder gun
  • 1 × .30 caliber machine gun

USS Kingfisher (SP-76), a motor launch, was built in 1916 by George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts; acquired by the U.S. Navy on 8 May 1917 from her owner, R. P. Mathiesson, Chicago, Illinois; and commissioned 15 May at Newport, Rhode Island, Ensign R. P. Mathiesson, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District, Newport, Rhode Island, Kingfisher enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 9 June. Based at New London, Connecticut, she patrolled Long Island Sound.

On 7 January 1919 she was ordered returned to her former owner. USS Kingfisher decommissioned 22 January, and was turned over to her previous owner 4 March.

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