Welcome (S.P. 1175)
1917-1919
The Navy retained the name carried by this small craft at the time of her acquisition.
(S.P. 1175: tonnage 4 (gross register); length 40'0"; beam 8'0"; draft 2'6" (mean); speed 18.0 knots (maximum), 13.0 (cruising); complement 6; armament none)
Welcome, a single-screw motor boat built in 1914 at St. Paul, Minn., by J. Dingle, was acquired by the Navy on 7 August 1917 under a free lease from R. H. Wilcox of Detroit, Michigan.
Commissioned on 17 August 1917 and assigned the identification number S.P. 1175, Welcome operated on section patrol duties on the Great Lakes for the duration of the Great War [World War I] until November 1918. Subsequently decommissioned, Welcome was returned to her owner on 7 March 1919 and was simultaneously stricken from the Navy Register.
Updated, Robert J. Cressman
21 April 2022
