USS Hazleton

USS Hazleton (SP-1770) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from August to December 1918.

History
United States
Name	USS Hazleton
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Completed	1917
Acquired	19 September 1917
Commissioned	25 August 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 10 December 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Hazleton 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	11 Gross register tons
Displacement	10 tons
Length	40 ft (12 m)
Beam	9 ft 8 in (2.95 m)
Draft	1 ft 8 in (0.51 m)
Speed	20 knots
Armament	None

Hazleton was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1917 by the Great Lakes Boat Building Corporation at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On 19 September 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, G. B. Markle of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve at Milwaukee, she was taken to Newport, Rhode Island to be fitted out for naval service. She was commissioned at Newport as USS Hazleton (SP-1770) on 25 August 1918.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Hazleton served as a dispatch boat in the Newport area for the rest of World War I. The Navy returned her to Markle on 10 December 1918.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-1770 Hazleton at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from ID # 1700 through ID # 1799
• Photo gallery of USS Hazleton at NavSource Naval History