USS Teaser (SP-933)

For other ships with the same name, see USS Teaser.
USS Teaser (SP-933) in the Elizabeth River off the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, sometime between November 1917 and December 1918.
History
United States
NameUSS Teaser
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderW. F. Dunn, Norfolk, Virginia
Completed1916
AcquiredNovember 1917
Commissioned29 November 1917
Out of service27 December 1918
Stricken15 February 1919
FateBurned due to engine backfire and sank 27 December 1918
NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Teaser 1916-1917
General characteristics
TypeSection patrol vessel
Displacement20 t (19.7 long tons; 22.0 short tons)
Length60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)
Beam12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (1 m) aft
Installed power50 hp (37.3 kW)
Propulsion
Speed11.2 kn (20.7 km/h; 12.9 mph)
Complement5
Armament2 × 37 mm (1.5 in) 1-pounder autocannons
NotesSpecifications from [1]

The second USS Teaser (SP-933) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Teaser was built as a civilian wooden-hulled cabin launch of the same name in 1916 by W. F. Dunn at Norfolk, Virginia. In November 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, George Roper & Brother, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Teaser (SP-933) on 29 November 1917.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Teaser served on patrol duties in the Hampton Roads, Virginia, area for the rest of World War I and into December 1918. On 27 December 1918, an engine backfire started a fire aboard Teaser, and she burned and sank in Hampton Roads.

Teaser was stricken from the Navy List on 15 February 1919.

References

  1. ^ "USS Teaser". navsource.org. Retrieved 2024-02-20.