| USS Polly (SP-690) | |
|---|---|
 USS Polly (SP-690) during World War I. | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | USS Polly |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | New York Yacht, Launch and Engineering Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York |
| Completed: | 1909 |
| Acquired: | 14 May 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 15 May 1917 |
| Struck: | 11 March 1919 |
| Fate: | Transferred to U.S. Bureau of Fisheries 9 September 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private motorboat Howmornel, Kahkin IV, and Polly 1909-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 28 gross register tons |
| Length: | 61 ft 9 in (18.82 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft (3.4 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft (0.91 m) |
| Speed: | 17 knots |
| Complement: | 10 |
| Armament: |
1 x 1-pounder gun 1 x machine gun |
USS Polly (SP-690) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Polly was built as the private motorboat Howmornel by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engineering Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York, in 1909. She later was renamed Kakhin IV and Polly.
On 14 May 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased Polly from William H. Merriman, of New Haven, Connecticut, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at Newport, Rhode Island, as USS Polly (SP-690) on 15 May 1917 with Chief Quartermaster H. L. Wakeman, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Polly carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.
Polly was stricken from the Navy List on 11 March 1919 and transferred to the United States Bureau of Fisheries on 9 September 1919.
References[]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Polly (SP-690), 1917-1919. Originally the civilian motor boat Howmornel, Kahkin IV and Polly.
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Polly (SP 690)
Polly as the private motorboat Kahkin IV sometime between 1909 and 1917.
The original article can be found at USS Polly (SP-690) and the edit history here.