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SP-730
ex-Lynx II (SP 730)

Motorboat:

Built in 1917 by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Co., Bristol, RI

Acquired by the Navy 14 June 1917

Commissioned USS Lynx II (SP 730), 9 July 1917 at Boston, MA

Renamed SP-730 in 1918

Decommissioned 19 May 1919

Struck from the Naval Register in late 1919

Sold 2 September 1919

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 22 t.

Length 58'

Beam 10' 11"

Draft 2' 6"

Speed 21 kt.

Complement: Nine

Armament: Two 1-pounders

Propulsion: Two 200hp 8-cylinder Van Blerck gasoline engines, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
Motorboat Lynx II
	82k	Namesake: *Lynx* - Any of a group of wildcats found throughout the Northern Hemisphere, most commonly known as the bobcat or wildcat	Tommy Trampp Photo added 2 November 2020
	80k	Photographed at the Boston Navy Yard, circa Spring 1917, shortly before she was acquired by the U.S. Navy for use as a patrol boat. U.S. Navy photo NH 101883	Naval Historical Center
	85k	Underway, circa Spring 1917, prior to being acquired by the Navy for World War I service U.S. Navy photo NH 102014	Naval Historical Center
USS Lynx II (SP 730)
	83k	Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts. View of the basin looking down the pier, taken by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston, circa 1918, showing USS Moosehead (ID 2047) in the center and section patrol boats. USS Alacrity (SP-206) is at the far left. The patrol boats in the left center foreground are (from left to right): USS Kiowa (SP-711); USS Skink (SP-605); unidentified; USS Whistler (SP-784); and Lynx II U.S. Navy photo NH 42147	Naval Historical Center
	116k	USS SP-1259 (ex-Grayling) stands out of Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, while on patrol, circa 1918. USS Elsie III (SP-708) and Lynx II are among the patrol boats in the background Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston U.S. Navy photo NH 45271
	121k	USS Elsie III (SP-708) (outboard), tied up with other patrol boats in Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918. Lynx II is one of the two other patrol boats present Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston U.S. Navy photo NH 45276
	101k	In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918 Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston U.S. Navy photo NH 45288
	85k	In Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts, circa 1918, with USS Moosehead (ID 2047) on the left and four patrol boats at right. The latter are (from outboard): USS Kiowa (SP-711), USS Skink (SP-605), USS Whistler (SP 784) and Lynx II Photographed by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston U.S. Navy photo NH 45268
	128k	Lockwood's Basin, Boston, Massachusetts View of the basin from on board , taken by Alton M. Blackinton, Boston, circa 1918, showing the marine railway, Carpenter's Shop and General Headquarters. Four section patrol boats are tied up in the foreground, just beyond Moosehead's bow. They are (from left to right): Lynx II; USS Whistler (SP 784); unidentified; and USS Skink (SP 605) Naval Historical Center photo NH 42145	Robert Hurst