USS Hupa

History
United States
NameUSS Hupa
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGeorge Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1905
AcquiredJune 1917
Commissioned10 July 1917
Stricken25 October 1919
FateSold 12 March 1920
NotesOperated as private motorboat Hupa 1905-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage5 gross register tons
Length63 ft (19 m)
Beam8 ft (2.4 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed25 knots

USS Hupa (SP-650) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Hupa was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1905. In June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, L. T. Carey of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Hupa (SP-650) at Boston on 10 July 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, and based at Provincetown, Massachusetts, Hupa served on patrol duties in Cape Cod Bay and on the Cape Cod Canal.

Hupa was stricken from the Navy List on 25 October 1919 and offered for sale. She finally was sold to the Hyde Engineering Works of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 12 March 1920.