USS Daiquiri
Daiquiri (American Motor Boat, 1917) anchored in a harbor, prior to her World War I Navy service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Daiquiri |
| Namesake | Former name retained by the Navy |
| Builder | not known |
| Laid down | date unknown |
| Launched | date unknown |
| Christened | as Herreshoff Hull 317; later renamed Daiquiri |
| Completed | in 1917 at Bristol, Rhode Island |
| Acquired | 2 October 1917 |
| In service | 2 October 1917 as USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) |
| Out of service | April 1919 |
| Stricken | 1920 (est.) |
| Homeport | Kittery, Maine, reporting to the 1st Naval District |
| Fate | Sold on 10 March 1920 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Motorboat |
| Displacement | not known |
| Length | 62 ft 4 in (19.00 m) |
| Beam | not known |
| Draft | not known |
| Propulsion | not known |
| Complement | not known |
| Armament | not known |
USS Daiquiri (SP-1285) was a motorboat – one of a series of identical boats – planned and built by the U.S. Navy in the event they would be needed during World War I. Daiquiri was armed as a patrol craft and assigned to New England waterways under the cognizance of the 1st Naval District based at Kittery, Maine. She was sold when the war ended.