USS Acoma (SP-1228)
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NameUSS Acoma
NamesakeAcoma Pueblo
OwnerTheodore D. Partridge
BuilderGas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York
 Acoma 1917 under way, before her Navy service. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Acoma |
| Namesake | Acoma Pueblo |
| Owner | Theodore D. Partridge |
| Builder | Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York |
| Yard number | 2571 |
| Launched | 1917 |
| Completed | 1917 |
| Acquired | leased by the Navy 25 September 1917 |
| Commissioned | 18 October 1917 |
| Decommissioned | circa 25 November 1918 |
| Stricken | circa 25 November 1918 |
| Home port | |
| Fate | Returned to her owner on 25 November 1918. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | steamboat |
| Displacement | 13.45 tons |
| Length | 60 ft (18 m) |
| Beam | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 11 in (0.89 m) |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Armament |
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The first USS Acoma (SP-1228) was a relatively fast steamboat for the time — capable of 25 knots (46 km/h) – that was leased from its owner by the United States Navy during World War I. She was outfitted as an armed section patrol craft and assigned to patrol the waterways of Newport, Rhode Island, and New Bedford, Massachusetts. She was returned to her owner at war's end.
Acoma (SP-1228), a section patrol motor boat, was built in 1917 by the Gas Engine & Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York; acquired by the Navy on a free lease from Theodore D. Partridge of New York City on 25 September 1917; and commissioned on 18 October 1917.
