USS Absegami (SP-371)
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| Launched: | 1916 |
| Commissioned: | 30 April 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | 2 December 1918 |
| Fate: | Returned to original owner |
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| Length: | 75 ft (23 m) |
| Beam: | 16 ft (5 m) |
| Draft: | 3 ft 6 in (1 m) |
| Speed: | 13 knots (24 km/h) |
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| Armament: | 1 11-pounder, 1 machine gun |
USS Absegami (SP-371) was a motor boat built in 1916 at New York City by New York Yacht, Launch & Engine, acquired by the United States Navy on free lease from her owner on 2 May 1917, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 30 April 1917, Ensign W. G. Morse in command.
Following her commissioning, Absegami was assigned to section patrol duty in the 4th Naval District. Throughout World War I, the boat patrolled the Delaware Bay and Atlantic Ocean waters off Cape May, New Jersey. Absegami was decommissioned at Philadelphia on 2 December 1918 and returned to her owner four days later.
See also List of patrol vessels of the United States Navy
This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships.