USS Grayling (SP-1259)

	USS Grayling departing Lockwood's Basin at Boston, Massachusetts, for a patrol during World War I. USS Elsie III (SP-708) and USS Lynx II (SP-730) are among the patrol boats in the background.
History
United States
Name	USS Grayling
Namesake	The grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout (previous name retained)
Builder	Boyden, Amesbury, Massachusetts
Completed	1915
Acquired	7 May 1917
Commissioned	22 May 1917
Decommissioned	15 January 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 30 November 1918
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Grayling 1915-1917 and from November 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	4 tons
Length	33 ft 6 in (10.21 m)
Beam	7 ft (2.1 m)
Draft	2 ft 10 in (0.86 m)
Speed	14 knots
Complement	3
Armament	1 × machine gun

The second USS Grayling (SP-1259) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History

Grayling was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1915 by Boyden at Amesbury, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, E. E. Gray, on 7 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS Grayling (SP-1259).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Grayling served on section patrol duties in Boston Harbor for the remainder of World War I.

Grayling was then returned to Gray on 30 November 1918.

Grayling is distinct from USS Grayling (SP-289), a different patrol vessel in commission during World War I.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Grayling (SP 1259)

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