USS Grayling (SP-1259)
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.jpg) USS Grayling departing Lockwood's Basin at Boston, Massachusetts, for a patrol during World War I. USS Elsie III (SP-708) and USS Lynx II (SP-730) are among the patrol boats in the background. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Grayling |
| Namesake | The grayling, a fresh-water game fish closely related to the trout (previous name retained) |
| Builder | Boyden, Amesbury, Massachusetts |
| Completed | 1915 |
| Acquired | 7 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 22 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 15 January 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 30 November 1918 |
| Notes | Operated as civilian motorboat Grayling 1915-1917 and from November 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 4 tons |
| Length | 33 ft 6 in (10.21 m) |
| Beam | 7 ft (2.1 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 10 in (0.86 m) |
| Speed | 14 knots |
| Complement | 3 |
| Armament | 1 × machine gun |
The second USS Grayling (SP-1259) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
