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USS Manatee (SP-51)

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For other ships with the same name, see USS Manatee.

History
United States
NameUSS Manatee
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBrown Brothers Shipyard, Tottenville, Staten Island, New York
Completed1915
Acquired21 April 1917
Commissioned23 April 1917
StrickenBy 1 July 1920
NotesIn private use as motorboat Manatee 1915-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage2 tons
Length35 ft (11 m)
Beam8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Draft2 ft 3 in (0.69 m)
PropulsionGasoline engine
Speed22 knots
Complement4
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

The first USS Manatee (SP-51) was an armed motorboat that served as a United States Navy patrol vessel from 1917 until sometime shortly after World War I.

Manatee was built in 1915 as a wooden-hulled, gasoline-powered private motorboat of the same name by Brown Brothers Shipyard at Tottenville on Staten Island, New York. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service from her owner, J. B. Fallon, on 21 April 1917, and commissioned her as patrol boat USS Manatee (SP-51) on 23 April 1917.

Manatee was assigned to "distant service" in European waters, where she supported a flying boat detachment through the end of World War I.

Records of Manatee's status after the Armistice with Germany of 11 November 1918 are lacking, but she presumably returned to the United States for decommissioning and disposal. As of 1 July 1920 her name no longer appeared on the Navy List.

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