| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Itasca II |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Hudson Yacht & Boat Building Company, Nyack, New York |
| Completed | 1911 |
| Acquired | 29 May 1918 |
| Commissioned | 13 July 1918 |
| Decommissioned | 6 February 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Itasca II 1911-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 58[1] or 85[2] Gross register tons |
| Length | 99 ft 9 in (30.40 m) |
| Beam | 16 ft 7 in (5.05 m) |
| Draft | 4 ft 9 in (1.45 m) |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Complement | 10 |
| Armament |
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USS Itasca II (SP-803) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Itasca II was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1911 by the Hudson Yacht & Boat Building Company at Nyack, New York. On 29 May 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, E. B. Hawkins of Duluth, Minnesota, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Itasca II (SP-803) on 13 July 1918.
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District and based at New York City, Itasca II served on harbor and section patrol duties for the rest of World War I and into 1919.
Itasca II was decommissioned on 6 February 1919 and returned to Hawkins
- ^ Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/i3/itasca_ii-a.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Itasca II (SP 803) .
- ^ SP-803 Itasca II at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-800 through SP-899.