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USS Sea Otter (SP-781)

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USS Sea Otter (SP-781), probably while awaiting disposal in 1919. She is in port with many other section patrol craft, including USS Patrol No. 10 (SP-85) (second boat inboard of Sea Otter) and USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) (in right background).
History
United States
NameUSS Sea Otter
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBritt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts
Completed1911[1] or 1913[2]
Acquired11 June 1917
Commissioned11 June 1917
Stricken7 November 1919
FateSold 16 January 1920
NotesOperated as private motorboat Sea Otter from 1911 or 1913 to 1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage6 Gross register tons
Displacement6 tons
Length40 ft (12 m)
Beam10 ft 1 in (3.07 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Speed10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement5
Armament

USS Sea Otter (SP-781) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Background

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Sea Otter was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name in either 1911[3] or 1913[4] by Britt Brothers [Wikidata] at Lynn, Massachusetts. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Hugh L. Willoughby of Newport, Rhode Island, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Sea Otter (SP-781).

Sea Otter performed transportation and supply duties in United States East Coast ports for the rest of World War I.

Decommissioned sometime after the end of the war, Sea Otter was stricken from the Navy List on 7 November 1919 and sold to Joseph Guild of Boston, Massachusetts, on 16 January 1920.

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