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Kiowa (SP 711)


Motor Boat: Built in 1915 by the Lawley and Son Corp., Boston, MA; Acquired by the Navy, 5 May 1917; Placed in service, 14 May 1917; Placed out of service, 24 November 1918; Returned to her owner, 28 March 1919. Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement unknown.; Length 35'; Beam 9'; Draft 3' 6"; Speed 10 kts.; Complement unknown; Armament one .30 cal. machine gun.


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Kiowa 87k Photographed at the time of her acquisition by the Navy in May 1917. Later renamed SP-711. Behind Kiowa is a Herreshoff 62' 4" motor boat of the Apache (SP-729) type and several other Section Patrol boats. USS Tonopah (Monitor # 8) is on the other side of the pier, with her
superstructure visible.
USN Photo NH 101991
Naval Historical Center
Alacrity 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-785); and USS Lynx II (SP-730).
USN Photograph NH 42147
Naval Historical Center
Whistler 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 USS Lynx II (SP-730). Photographed by Alton M.
Blackinton, Boston.
USN Photo NH 45268
Naval Historical Center

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships:

Kiowa

A tribe of warlike and predatory American Indians, who at one time resided in Missouri. They later moved southward and often joined the Comanches in raids on other tribes and American settlers. Some members of the tribe still reside on a reservation in Oklahoma.

The first Kiowa (SP-711) was built 1915 by Lawley & Son Corp., Boston, Mass.; acquired by the Navy 5 May 1917, from Mr. Frank A Marwell; and placed in service 14 May for Harbor Patrol duty in the 1st Naval District. Kiowa operated out of Boston in this capacity until placed out of service 24 November 1918. She was returned to her owner 28 March 1919.


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