| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Rainier |
| Namesake | Mount Rainier in the Cascade Range in Washington |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | 7 June 1917 |
| Commissioned | 30 July 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 28 May 1919 |
| Stricken | 8 September 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 5 August 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 340 long tons (350 t) |
| Length | 119 ft 9 in (36.50 m) |
| Beam | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Draft | 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m) |
| Speed | 5 kn (5.8 mph; 9.3 km/h) |
| Complement | 41 |
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The first USS Rainier was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Rainier, originally named Patrol and then Angel, was built as a civilian schooner in 1917 at Portland, Oregon. The U.S. Navy purchased her on 7 June 1917 for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned on 30 July 1917 at Mare Island Navy Yard at Vallejo, California, Lt. James L. Kauffman in command, as USS Rainier. She never received a section patrol (SP) number.