USS Pete

USS Pete (SP-596) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Pete (SP-596) hauled out of the water at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between April 1917 and March 1918.
History
United States
Name	USS Pete
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Chubbuck, Kingston, Massachusetts
Acquired	28 April 1917
Commissioned	1917
Decommissioned	1918
Fate	Returned to owner 26 March 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Pete until April 1917 and from March 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	29 ft (8.8 m)
Beam	8 ft (2.4 m)
Armament	1 × machine gun

Pete was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Chubbuck at Kingston, Massachusetts. On 28 April 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, E. C. Potter, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Pete (SP-596).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Pete carried out patrol duties until March 1918.

Pete was returned to Potter on 26 March 1918.

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 Pete (SP-596), 1917–1918
• Photo gallery of USS Pete at NavSource Naval History