USS Tech Jr.

Not to be confused with USS Tech III (SP-1055).

USS Tech Jr. (SP-1761), sometimes written as ID-1761,^[1] was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during the latter half of 1917.

History
United States
Name	USS Tech Jr.
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Adolph Apel, Atlantic City, New Jersey
Completed	1912
Acquired	30 August 1917
Commissioned	1917
Stricken	27 November 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 27 November 1917
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Tech Jr. 1912-1917 and from late 1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	20 ft (6.1 m)
Beam	8 ft (2.4 m)
Draft	2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) aft
Speed	30.4 knots

Tech Jr. was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1912 by Adolph Apel at Atlantic City, New Jersey. On 30 August 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owners, L. & T. Prettyman of Cambridge, Maryland, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Tech Jr. (SP-1761).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Tech Jr. apparently was unsatisfactory for naval service and served on patrol duties there only briefly. She was returned to her owners on 27 November 1917 and stricken from the Navy List simultaneously .