&sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:USS_California_SP-647.jpg) California (American Motor Boat, 1910) in port, probably at San Francisco, California, prior to her World War I era Naval service.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS California |
| Namesake | California, which was admitted to the Union 8 September 1850 as the 31st State |
| Owner | the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Completed | in 1910 at San Francisco, California |
| Acquired | leased by the Navy in the spring of 1917 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 23 November 1918 |
| Renamed | USS SP-647 |
| Stricken | 23 November 1918 (est.) |
| Homeport | San Francisco, California |
| Fate | Returned to the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association in November 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motorboat |
| Displacement | not known |
| Length | 58 ft 2 in (17.73 m) |
| Beam | not known |
| Draft | not known |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | not known |
USS California (SP-647) – later known as USS SP-647 – was originally a motorboat used by the San Francisco Bar Pilots Association as a pilot boat. She was leased by the Navy, and outfitted as an armed section patrol craft, assigned to patrol and protect San Francisco harbor. At war's end, she was returned to the pilot's association.