USS Nautilus II (SP-559)

Nautilus II was a motor pleasure boat built at City Island, New York in early 1917. She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve and commissioned into the United States Navy in October 1917 as the motor patrol boat USS Nautilus (SP-559), Boatswain J. C. Welply, USNRF, in command, and assigned to patrol and escort duties of the New York City area for the remainder of World War I. She was decommissioned and returned to her owner, E.E. Dickinson of Essex County, Connecticut, on 14 February 1919.

For other ships with the same name, see USS Nautilus and ships named Nautilus.
History
Name: USS Nautilus II
Builder: Kyle & Purday Shipyard, City Island, New York
Launched: 1917
Acquired: 17 August 1917
Commissioned: 9 October 1917
Decommissioned: 14 February 1919
Fate: Returned to owner, 14 February 1919
General characteristics
Type: Motor yacht
Tonnage: 23 long tons (23 t)
Length: 60 ft 6 in (18.44 m)
Beam: 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Draft: 3 ft 1 in (0.94 m)
Speed: 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement: 8

The U.S. Navy considers the name Nautilus II to be separate from the Nautilus lineage.

References
  • "Nautilus II". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval Historical Center. 1970.
  • "USS Nautilus II (SP-559), 1917-1919". Naval Historical Center. 2002–2005.


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