USS Patrol No. 5

USS Patrol No. 5 (SP-29)
USS Patrol No. 5 during World War I
History
United States
NameUSS Patrol No. 5
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBritt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts
Completed1916
Acquired7 April 1917
Commissioned13 April 1917
FateSold 23 April 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Patrol No. 5 from 1916 to 1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage5 tons
Length40 ft 0 in (12.19 m)
Beam9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Draft2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed26 knots
Complement2[1]
Armament1 × machine gun

USS Patrol No. 5 (SP-29), often rendered as USS Patrol #5, was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

  1. ^ Per the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p3/patrol-5.htm, although other boats of the class had a complement of 5, which is more likely.