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USS Barbara

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History
United States
NameUSS Barbara
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderH. H. Linnell, Dorchester, Massachusetts
Completed1910
Acquired11 June 1917
Commissioned21 June 1917
DecommissionedJune 1918
Stricken10 January 1919
FateReturned to owner 10 January 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Barbara 1910-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage15 Gross register tons
Length42 ft (13 m)
Beam10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft3 ft 10 in (1.17 m) aft
Speed8.5 knots
Complement6
Armament

USS Barbara (SP-704) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Barbara was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1910 by H. H. Linnell at Dorchester, Massachusetts. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Arnold Hoffman of Barrington, Rhode Island, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Barbara (SP-704) on 21 June 1917.

Assigned to the section patrol in the waters around New London, Connecticut, Barbara served as a cargo and dispatch boat for the next year.

Barbara was decommissioned in June 1918. She was returned to Hoffman on 10 January 1919 and stricken from the Navy Directory the same day.

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