USS Rhebal

Rhebal in 1917, prior to her United States Navy service.
History
United States
NameUSS Rhebal
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGreat Lakes Boat Building Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Completed1917
Acquired15 August 1917
Commissioned24 August 1917
FateReturned to owner 13 January 1919[1] or March 1919[2]
NotesOperated as private motorboat Rhebal 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage157 gross register tons
Length52 ft 4 in (15.95 m)
Beam10 ft 2 in (3.10 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Speed16 knots
Armament

USS Rhebal (SP-1195) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Rhebal was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation at Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1917. On 15 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owners, A. R. Meyer and W. K. Hill of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Rhebal (SP-1195) on 24 August 1917.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Rhebal carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I. During the summer of 1918, she served on outward patrol, working with the patrol boats USS Patrol No. 6 (SP-54), USS Owaissa (SP-659), and USS Felicia (SP-642), the submarine chaser USS SC–167, and a patrol boat with the section patrol number SP-50 of which no records have been found.

Rhebal she was returned to Meyer and Hill on 13 January 1919[3] or in March 1919.[4]