USS Weepoose

	Weepoose as a private motorboat sometime between 1911 and 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Weepoose
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Salisbury Marine Construction Company, Salisbury, Maryland
Completed	1911
Acquired	2 July 1917
Commissioned	22 October 1917
Fate	Transferred to Department of Agriculture 28 September 1920
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Weepoose 1911-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	24 gross register tons
Length	60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)
Beam	12 ft 3 in (3.73 m)
Draft	3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) mean
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	10.0 knots
Complement	6
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun; 1 × machine gun;

USS Weepoose (SP-405) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to ca. 1918–1920.

Weepoose was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1911 by the Salisbury Marine Construction Company at Salisbury, Maryland. On 2 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, C. S. Thorne, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Weepoose (SP-405) on 22 October 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Weepoose carried out submarine net patrols, but little else is known of her naval career. It is known that on 1 February 1918 she was based at Rosebank, Staten Island, New York.

Weepoose was transferred to the United States Department of Agriculture on 28 September 1920.

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