USS Kathrich II (SP-148) was a motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
NameUSS Kathrich II
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderE. S. Thibault, Jacksonville, Florida
Completed1913
Acquired8 May 1917
Commissioned9 May 1917
Decommissioned6 February 1919
FateTransferred to United States Coast Guard 4 September 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Kathrich II 1913-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage12 tons
Length40 ft (12 m)
Beam10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft4 ft (1.2 m)
Speed9 knots
ArmamentNone

Kathrich II was built as a civilian motorboat in 1913 by E. S. Thibault at Jacksonville, Florida. The U.S. Navy acquired her in 1917 from her owner, Richard B. Marks of Jacksonville, for use as a patrol vessel during World War I. She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 20 April 1917; the Navy took control of her on 8 May 1917 and commissioned her on 9 May 1917 at Charleston, South Carolina, as USS Kathrich II (SP-148).

Kathrich II was assigned to the 6th Naval District, where she operated as a section patrol boat in the harbor at Savannah, Georgia, boarding and inspecting ships and sealing radios.

On 5 February 1919, Kathrich II was assigned to the Naval Overseas Transportation Service (NOTS) for duty as a dispatch and radio inspection ship in Savannah harbor. Decommissioned on 6 February 1919, she remained with NOTS until 4 September 1919, when she was turned over to the United States Coast Guard for use in communications work.

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