USS Momo

USS Momo (SP-49) was an armed motorboat that served as a United States Navy patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
NameUSS Momo
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderNew York Yacht, Launch, and Engine Company, Morris Heights, New York
Acquired11 July 1917
Commissioned17 September 1917
Stricken11 February 1919
FateReturned to owner 11 February 1919
NotesIn private use as motorboat Elsie IV and Momo until 1917 and as Momo from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage16 tons
Length57 ft (17 m)
Beam8 ft 1 in (2.46 m)
Draft2 ft 4 in (0.71 m)
Speed15 knots
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

Momo was built as the private motorboat Elsie IV by the New York Yacht, Launch, and Engine Company at Morris Heights, New York. By 1917 she had been renamed Momo. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service on a free lease from her owner, C. H. Crane, on 11 July 1917, and commissioned her as patrol boat USS Momo (SP-49) on 17 September 1917.

Momo was assigned to patrol boat service in the section patrol off the United States East Coast, serving in this role through the end of World War I.

Momo was stricken from the Navy List and returned to Crane on 11 February 1919.

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