USS Cleo
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Cleo |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Johnson, Marine City, Michigan |
| Completed | 1908 |
| Acquired | 1917 |
| In service | April 1917[1] |
| Fate | Returned to owner late November 1918 |
| Notes | Operated as civilianmotorboatCleo 1908–1917 and from November 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 50 ft (15 m) |
USS Cleo (SP-232) was a United States Navypatrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1918.
Cleo was built as a civilianmotorboat of the same name in 1908 by Johnson at Marine City, Michigan. She was in the service of the Michigan State Game, Fish and Forestry Department when the U.S. Navy acquired her from the State of Michigan and placed her in service as USS Cleo (SP-232) in April 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. Sources differ on whether she was commissioned[2] or served in a non-commissioned status.[3]
Cleo served on the section patrol on the Detroit River and St. Clair River in the vicinity of Detroit. Michigan, for the remainder of World War I.
The Navy returned Cleo to the Michigan State Game, Fish and Forestry Department in late November 1918.
Notes
- ^It is unclear as to whether Cleo was commissioned, as claimed by the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/cleo.htm), or served in a non-commissioned status, as claimed by the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/cleo.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/170232.htm) says merely that she was "placed in service," although this implies non-commissioned service.
- ^As claimed by the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/cleo.htm).
- ^『アメリカ海軍戦闘艦辞書』 ( http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/cleo.htm )によれば、NavSource Online ( http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/170232.htm ) では単に「就役」したとしか述べられていないが、これは下士官としての任務を意味している。
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