USS Courtenay P (SP-899)

USS Courtenay P (SP-899) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Courtenay P sometime in 1917 or 1918.
History
United States
Name:	USS Courtenay P (1917-1918) USS SP-899 (1918)
Namesake:	Courtenay P was her previous name retained SP-899 was her section patrol number
Builder:	Gas Engine and Power Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed:	ca. 1916
Acquired:	Ordered delivered 5 July 1917
Commissioned:	30 August 1917
Renamed:	SP-899' in 1918
Fate:	Returned to owner 12 December 1918
Notes:	Operated as private motorboat Courtenay P 1916-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Length:	52 ft (16 m)

An unidentified private motorboat the United States Navy described as an "exact duplicate" of Courtney P, showing Courtenay P's appearance prior to her U.S. Navy service.

Courtenay P at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York, September 15, 1917

Courtenay P was built as a private motorboat of the same name in about 1916 by the Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. On 5 July 1917, she was ordered delivered to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Courtenay P (SP-899) on 30 August 1917. In 1918, her name was changed to USS SP-899.

On 6 July 1918, the Navy declared SP-899 unfit for further service and ordered her returned to her owner. Accordingly, she was duly returned to her owner on 12 December 1918.

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: Civilian Ships: Courtenay P (American Motor Boat, circa 1916). Served as USS Courtenay P (SP-899) and USS SP-899 in 1917-1918
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive SP-899 ex-Courtenay P. (SP 899)