USS Pequeni

USS Pequeni was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 or 1918 to the end of 1918.

History
United States
Name	Pequeni
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1917
Acquired	1917 or 1918
Commissioned	1917 or 1918
Stricken	31 December 1918
Fate	Returned to owner, 31 December 1918
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Pequeni before Navy service and from December 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	68 ft (21 m)
Beam	14 ft (4.3 m)

Pequeni was built as a motor launch of the same name at Balboa in the Panama Canal Zone for the Panama Canal Company. Sometime in 1917 or 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She never received a section patrol (SP) number, but she was commissioned as USS Pequeni.

Service history

Pequeni conducted patrols in the Panama Canal Zone for the rest of World War I. She was stricken from the Navy List on 31 December 1918 and was returned to the Panama Canal Company the same day.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Pequeni at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Vessels without Numbers (listed alphabetically by name)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Pequeni