Joanna as a private motorboat in 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Joanna
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Albany Boat Corporation, Watervliet, New York
Completed	1917
Acquired	9 December 1917
Commissioned	December 1917
Stricken	1920
Fate	Written off as "unaccounted for abroad"[1] 1920
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Joanna 1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Displacement	5 tons
Length	40 ft (12 m)
Beam	8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed	30 knots

USS Joanna (SP-1963), was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1920.

Joanna was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1917 by the Albany Boat Corporation at Watervliet, New York. In 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, Martin A. Metzner, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The Navy took delivery of her on 9 December 1917, and she was commissioned as USS Joanna (SP-1963) that month.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Joanna served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I. In 1920 the Navy wrote her off as "unaccounted for abroad"^[2] and she was stricken from the Navy List.

•  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 History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Joanna (Motor Boat, 1917); Later USS Joanna (SP-1963), 1917-1920
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Joanna (SP 1963)