USS Daiquiri (SP-1285)

USS "Daiquiri" (SP-1285) was a motorboat – one of a series of identical boats – planned and built by the U.S. Navy in the event they would be needed during World War I. "Daiquiri" was armed as a patrol craft and assigned to New England waterways under the cognizance of the 1st Naval District based at Kittery, Maine. She was sold when the war ended.

Constructed in Rhode Island

"Daiquiri", 62'4" motor boat, was constructed in 1917 at Bristol, Rhode Island, as "Herreshoff Hull # 317". She was one of a group of identical craft built in the expectation that they would be needed by the Navy should the United States enter World War I.

World War I service

Purchased by the Navy in mid-September 1917, she was commissioned in early October as USS "Daiquiri" (SP-1285) and performed patrol service for the 1st Naval District in New England waters for the rest of the conflict.

Post-war disposition

Inactivated in April 1919, the boat was sold in March 1920.

See also

* U.S. Navy
* World War I

References

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* [http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-d/daiquiri.htm Daiquiri (American Motor Boat, 1917). Served as USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) in 1917-1920]