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USS Toad

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History
United States
NameUSS Toad
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderD. R. Shackford
Completed1914
Acquired4 August 1918
Commissioned4 September 1918
FateReturned to owner 27 January 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Toad 1914-1918 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length26 ft 0 in (7.92 m)
Beam5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Speed16.5 knots
Complement5

USS Toad was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Toad was built in 1914 as a private motorboat of the same name by D. R. Shackford. On 4 August 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from Shackford for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She never received a section patrol (SP) number, but was commissioned as USS Toad on 4 September 1918.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Toad served on section patrol duties for the rest of World War I. The Navy returned her to Shackford on 27 January 1919.

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