USS Patchogue (YFB-1227)

The first USS Patchogue (ID-1227), later YFB-1227, was a United States Navy ferry in service from 1917 to 1922.

Patchogue in commercial service sometime between 1912 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Patchogue
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderRobert Jacobs, City Island, the Bronx, New York
Completed1912
Acquired29 September 1917
In service1917
Out of service1922
ReclassifiedFrom ID-1227 to "ferryboat" (YFB-1227) 17 July 1920
FateSold 16 June 1922
NotesOperated as commercial ferryboat Patchogue 1912–1917
General characteristics
TypeFerry
Tonnage135 Gross register tons
Length99 ft 9 in (30.40 m)
Beam23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed11 knots

Patchogue was built in 1912 as a commercial wooden-hulled steam ferry of the same name by Robert Jacobs at City Island in the Bronx, New York. In 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her from the Boston, Nahant and Pines Steamship Company for use during World War I. Delivered to the Navy on 29 September 1917 and assigned the naval registry identification number 1227, she entered service as USS Patchogue (ID-1227).

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Patchogue operated as a ferry at Submarine Base New London in New London, Connecticut. When the U.S. Navy adopted its modern hull number system on 17 July 1920, Patchogue was classified as a "ferryboat" (YFB) and redesignated YFB-1227. In June 1921, she was transferred to the 4th Naval District for service in the Delaware River-Delaware Bay area.

Placed out of service in 1922, Patchogue was sold to Charles Carr of Keansburg, New Jersey, on 16 June 1922.

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