USS Pollyanna

USS Pollyanna (SP-1048) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
Name	USS Pollyanna
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1900[1] or 1910[2][3]
Acquired	31 July 1917
Commissioned	4 August 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 22 January 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Pollyanna 1900 or 1910 to 1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	5 Gross register tons
Length	35 ft (11 m)
Beam	9 ft 4 in (2.84 m)
Draft	2 ft (0.61 m)
Speed	13 knots
Complement	4

Pollyanna was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1900^[1] or 1910.^[2][3] On 31 July 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, William H. Long of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at Newport, Rhode Island, on 4 August 1917 as USS Pollyanna (SP-1048).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England and based at Newport, Pollyanna carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

The Navy returned Pollyanna to Long on 22 January 1919.