USS Ono (SP-128) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Ono |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Seymour, Detroit, Michigan |
| Completed | 1908 |
| Acquired | 16 June 1917 (formally purchased 2 July 1917) |
| Commissioned | 16 June 1917 |
| Stricken | 12 August 1919 |
| Fate | Sold 20 November 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Ono 1908-1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 6 tons |
| Length | 46 ft 0 in (14.02 m) |
| Beam | 10 ft (3.0 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) |
| Speed | 15 miles per hour[1] |
| Complement | 5 |
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Ono was built as a civilian motorboat in 1908 by Seymour at Detroit, Michigan. The U.S. Navy took control of Ono from her owner, William Reed-Hill of Detroit, on 16 June 1917 for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Ono (SP-128). The Navy formally purchased Ono from Reed-Hill on 2 July 1917
Ono was assigned to the 10th Naval District, and patrolled the waters of the Great Lakes for the remainder of the war.
Ono was stricken from the Navy List on 12 August 1919 and sold to Harry M. Coomer on 20 November 1919.
Notes
edit- ^ Both the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/o3/ono.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170128.htm) give the boat's speed in "miles per hour", implying statute miles per hour. This is unusual for a boat or ship, and may be a mistaken reference to 15 knots. However, if the boat's speed really is given correctly in statute miles per hour, the equivalent in knots would be 13.
References
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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 Historical Center Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Ono (American Motor Boat, 1908). Served as USS Ono (SP-128) in 1917-1919
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Ono (SP 128)
