USS Sayonara II (SP-587)

USS Sayonara II (SP-587) underway sometime between 1917 and 1919.
History
United States
Name	USS Sayonara II
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed	1916
Acquired	25 April 1917
Commissioned	8 May 1917
Decommissioned	March 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 10 April 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Sayonara II 1916-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	46 gross register tons
Length	74 ft (23 m)
Beam	14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns

USS Sayonara II (SP-587) in port with other section patrol craft during World War I.

USS Sayonara II (SP-587) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Sayonara II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1916. On 25 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a $1.00 (USD)-per-month lease from her owner, Charles Blum of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Sayonara II (SP-587) on 8 May 1917 with Chief Boatswain's Mate R. F. Grassie, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Sayonara II carried out patrol duties there for the rest of World War I and into early 1919.

Sayonara II was decommissioned in March 1919 and returned to Blum on 10 April 1919.

References[]

• 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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Sayonara II (SP-587), 1917-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Sayonara II (SP 587)