USCGC Patrol (1917)

For other ships with the same name, see USCGC Patrol.

History
United States
Name	USCGC Patrol
Commissioned	24 April 1917
Decommissioned	1940
Renamed	AB-38 in 1938
Notes	Purchased by United States Navy 11 April 1918 Served as U.S. Navy patrol vessel USS Patrol 1918-1919 Returned to U.S. Coast Guard 28 August 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol boat
Displacement	23 tons
Length	69 ft 0 in (21.03 m)
Beam	14 ft 0 in (4.27 m)
Draft	3 ft 7 in (1.09 m)
Propulsion	Gasoline engine
Speed	16 knots
Complement	1 officer, 8 enlisted men
Armament	1 x 1-pounder gun

USCGC Patrol, later AB-38, was a United States Coast Guard patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1918 and from 1919 to 1940. She was the second vessel of the United States Revenue Cutter Service or U.S. Coast Guard to bear the name Patrol.

Construction and United States Coast Guard service 1917-1918

Patrol was a wooden-hulled vessel built at City Island, New York. She was commissioned as USCGC Patrol on 24 April 1917. She served in New York Harbor.

United States Navy service 1918-1919

Main article: USS Patrol (1917)

The U.S. Navy purchased Patrol from the Coast Guard on 11 April 1918 for service during World War I and commissioned her as the patrol vessel USS Patrol. She spent her Navy career on patrol duties based at New York City.

United States Coast Guard service 1919-1940

The Navy returned Patrol to the Coast Guard on 28 August 1919, and she resumed her duties in New York Harbor as USCGC Patrol. In 1923, she was transferred to Washington, D.C. She returned to New York in the 1930s, was renamed USCGC AB-38 in 1938, and was decommissioned in 1940.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• United States Coast Guard Historian's Office: Patrol, 1917 (AB-28)