USS Chipper (SP-256)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Chipper.

USS Chipper, later USS SP-256, during World War I.
History
United States
Name
  • USS Chipper (1917–1918)
  • USS SP-256 (1918)
Namesake
  • Chipper was her previous name retained
  • SP-256 was her section patrol number
BuilderNew York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed1913
Acquired15 June 1917
Commissionedlate July 1917
RenamedUSS SP-256 April 1918
FateReturned to owner 4 December 1918
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Chipper 1913-1917 and from December 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length69 ft (21 m)

The first USS Chipper (SP-256), later USS SP-256, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Chipper, later USS SP-256, during World War I.

Chipper was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1913 by the New York Yacht, Launch and Engine Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. The U.S. Navy leased her on 15 June 1917 from her owner, C. Wetherill of Erika, Virginia, for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned about six weeks later, in late July 1917, as USS Chipper (SP-256).

Chipper spent the rest of World War I on section patrol duty along the United States East Coast. She was renamed USS SP-256 in April 1918.

SP-256 was returned to Wetherill on 4 December 1918.

Chipper should not be confused with another patrol vessel and ferryboat, USS Chipper (SP-1049), which also was in commission in the U.S. Navy during World War I.

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