USS Yo Ho

USS Yo Ho (SP-463) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Yo Ho as a private vessel at Provincetown, Massachusetts, in 1911, on her way to the New York City-to-Bermuda race
History
United States
Name	USS Yo Ho
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Bath Marine Construction Company, Bath, Maine
Completed	1910
Acquired	1917
Commissioned	12 May 1917
Fate	Sold for scrapping 2 June 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Yo Ho 1910-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	46 ft 4 in (14.12 m)
Beam	10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
Draft	2 ft 8.5 in (0.826 m) mean
Speed	9 knots
Complement	4
Armament	2 × machine guns

Yo Ho was built in 1910 at Bath, Maine, by the Bath Marine Construction Company. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service from H. D. Bacon, of Bath, designated her SP-463, armed her, and commissioned her on 12 May 1917 as USS Yo Ho.

Operating in an unattached status from the 2nd Naval District, Yo Ho served through the armistice which ended the war on 11 November 1918.

Yo Ho was sold for scrap on 2 June 1919 to G. F. Blackburn of New York, New York. Her voyage to the scrapyard was eventful. On 14 June 1919, she was tied to the patrol boat USS Patrol No. 7 (SP-31) and along with Patrol No. 7 under tow by the submarine chaser USS SC-241 when Patrol No. 7 sank between Scituate, Massachusetts, and Minot's Ledge, about 15 nautical miles (28 kilometers) southeast of the Boston Light Vessel. Yo Ho apparently remained afloat despite this mishap and continued her voyage to the scrapyard.

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 Historical Center: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Yo Ho (American Motor Boat, 1910). Served as USS Yo Ho (SP-463) in 1917-1919)
• Photo gallery of Yo Ho (SP 463) at NavSource Naval History
• Photo gallery of Patrol No. 7 (SP 31) at NavSource Naval History