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USS Ostrich (SP-1249)

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History
United States
NameUSS Ostrich
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderElectric Launch Company (ELCO), Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed1909
Acquired20 July 1917
Commissioned25 October 1917
Decommissioned23 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 23 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Ostrich 1909-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage38 Gross register tons
Length35 ft (11 m)
Beam5 ft 3 in (1.60 m)
Draft2 ft 8 in (0.81 m)
Complement2

The first USS Ostrich (SP-1249) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Ostrich was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1909 in by the Electric Launch Company (ELCO) at Bayonne, New Jersey, for Nathan Strauss, Jr. On 20 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her on loan from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 25 October 1917 as USS Ostrich (SP-1249).

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Ostrich carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

The Navy decommissioned Ostrich on 23 December 1918 and returned her to her owner the same day.

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