USS Hupa

USS Hupa (SP-650) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
Name	USS Hupa
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed	1905
Acquired	June 1917
Commissioned	10 July 1917
Stricken	25 October 1919
Fate	Sold 12 March 1920
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Hupa 1905-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	5 gross register tons
Length	63 ft (19 m)
Beam	8 ft (2.4 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed	25 knots

Hupa was built as a private motorboat of the same name by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1905. In June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, L. T. Carey of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Hupa (SP-650) at Boston on 10 July 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, and based at Provincetown, Massachusetts, Hupa served on patrol duties in Cape Cod Bay and on the Cape Cod Canal.

Hupa was stricken from the Navy List on 25 October 1919 and offered for sale. She finally was sold to the Hyde Engineering Works of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 12 March 1920.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-650 Hupa at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-600 through SP-699
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Hupa (SP 650)