USS Susanne (SP-411) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
Name
  • USS Susanne (1917-1918)
  • USS SP-411 (1918-1919)
Namesake
  • Susanne was her previous name retained
  • SP-411 was her section patrol number
BuilderMatthews Boat Company, Port Clinton, Ohio
Completed1916
AcquiredMay 1917
Commissioned3 August 1917
Stricken15 November 1919
FateSold 15 November 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Susanne 1916-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage26 gross register tons
Length76 ft 6 in (23.32 m)
Beam13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft3 ft 4 in (1.02 m) aft
Speed23 knots
Complement11
Armament

Susanne was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1916 by the Matthews Boat Company at Port Clinton, Ohio. In May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, T. J. Prindiville of Chicago, Illinois, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Susanne (SP-411) on 3 August 1917.

Assigned to the 9th Naval District, Susanne served on patrol duties on the Great Lakes for the remainder of World War I. She was renamed USS SP-411 in 1918.

SP-411 was stricken from the Navy List and sold on 15 November 1919.

Susanne (SP-411) should not be confused with the motorboat Susanne, also constructed by the Matthews Boat Company and inspected for World War I Navy service as USS Susanne (SP-832) but never commissioned, or with the patrol vessel USS Suzanne (SP-510), which was in commission at the same time.

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