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USS Sayonara II

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USS Sayonara II (SP-587) underway sometime between 1917 and 1919.
History
United States
NameUSS Sayonara II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1916
Acquired25 April 1917
Commissioned8 May 1917
DecommissionedMarch 1919
FateReturned to owner 10 April 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Sayonara II 1916-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage46 gross register tons
Length74 ft (23 m)
Beam14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Armament2 × 1-pounder guns
USS Sayonara II (SP-587) in port with other section patrol craft during World War I

USS Sayonara II (SP-587) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Sayonara II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1916. On 25 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a $1.00 (USD)-per-month lease from her owner, Charles Blum of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Sayonara II (SP-587) on 8 May 1917 .

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Sayonara II carried out patrol duties there for the rest of World War I and into early 1919.

Sayonara II was decommissioned in March 1919 and returned to Blum on 10 April 1919.

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