USS Pomander

USS Pomander (SP-702) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Pomander (SP-702) operating probably in the vicinity of Boston, Massachusetts, ca. summer 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Pomander
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed	1916
Acquired	29 May 1917
Commissioned	1917
Fate	Returned to owners 5 July 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Pomander 1916-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	43 ft (13 m)
Beam	9 ft (2.7 m)
Draft	2 ft 5 in (0.74 m)
Speed	18 knots
Armament	1 × machine gun

Pomander was built in 1916 as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts. On 29 May 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from Bertram B. Conrad of Wareham, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She soon was commissioned as USS Pomander (SP-702).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Pomander carried out patrol duties for a time but eventually was deemed unfit for naval service and was returned to Lorenzo E. Anderson and Breckinridge Jones on 5 July 1918.^[1]