.jpg) USSLinta (SP-721) sometime between December 1917 and December 1918. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSLinta |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | Charles L. Seabury Company andGas Engine & Power Company,Morris Heights, theBronx,New York |
| Completed | 1905 |
| Acquired |
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| Commissioned | 17 December 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 19 February 1919 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 19 February 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as privateyachtLinta 1905-1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage | 53Gross register tons |
| Length | 108 ft (33 m) |
| Beam | 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) aft |
| Propulsion | Steam engine |
| Speed | 12knots |
| Complement | 26 |
| Armament | 3 ×6-pounder guns |
USSLinta (SP-721) was aUnited States Navypatrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Linta was built as a privatesteamyacht of the same name in 1905 by theCharles L. Seabury Company and theGas Engine & Power Company atMorris Heights in theBronx,New York. On 27 June 1917, the U.S. Navychartered her from her owner,Walter Lüttgen ofNew York City, for use as asection patrol vessel duringWorld War I. Enrolled in theNaval Coast Defense Reserve on 29 June 1917 and delivered to the Navy on 3 July 1917, she wascommissioned as USSLinta (SP-721) on 17 December 1917 at theNew York Navy Yard inBrooklyn, New York.
Assigned to the3rd Naval District and based at New York City,Linta served on patrol and escort duties for the rest of World War I. She accompaniedmerchant ships joiningconvoys out of New York or leaving convoys arriving there, and she patrolled off southernLong Island nearFire Island Lightship. On several occasions, she escortedsubmarines from New York toSubmarine Base New London atNew London,Connecticut.
Linta wasdecommissioned on 19 February 1919 and returned to Lüttgen the same day.
This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.