USS Ella (SP-1676)

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History
United States
NameUSS Ella
NamesakePrevious name retained
Completed1902
Acquired8 October 1917
FateReturned to owner 29 October 1917
Notes
  • No active U.S. Navy service;
  • Operated as private motorboat Ella 1902-1917 and from October 1917
General characteristics
Type
Patrol vessel
Length32 ft (9.8 m)

The second USS Ella (SP-1676) was a

patrol vessel briefly under United States Navy
control during 1917.

Ella was built as a private

. She was given the section patrol number SP-1676.

Apparently very quickly deemed unsuitable for naval service, Ella was returned to her owner on 29 October 1917.

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