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USS Ellington

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History
United States
NameUSS Ellington
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1915
Acquired1917
Commissioned22 May 1917
FateReturned to Bureau of Immigration 26 February 1919
NotesOperated as Bureau of Immigration motor launch Ellington 1915-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length61 ft 6 in (18.75 m)
Beam10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Speed16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement7

USS Ellington (SP-776) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Ellington was built as a civilian motor launch of the same name in 1915 for the Bureau of Immigration. In 1917, she was transferred to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS Ellington (SP-776).

Assigned to the 12th Naval District, Ellington performed harbor patrol and guard ship duty in the San Pedro, Los Angeles, area for the rest of World War I.

Ellington was transferred back to the Bureau of Immigration on 26 February 1919.

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