USS Teaser (SP-933)

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
Name	USS Teaser
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	W. F. Dunn, Norfolk, Virginia
Completed	1916
Acquired	November 1917
Commissioned	29 November 1917
Stricken	15 February 1919
Fate	Burned and sank 27 December 1918
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Teaser 1916-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	20 Gross register tons
Length	60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)
Beam	12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m) aft
Propulsion	Gasoline engine
Speed	11.2 knots
Complement	8
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns

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[]

• 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 Teaser (SP-933), 1917-1918. Originally the civilian motor boat Teaser (1916)
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Teaser (SP 933)