The first USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.

USS Mauna Loa (SP-28)
Mauna Loa ca. 1916 as a private pleasure craft prior to her U.S. Navy service
History
United States
NameUSS Mauna Loa
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGeorge Lawley and Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1916
Acquired10 May 1917
Commissioned11 May 1917
Decommissioned5 December 1918
FateReturned to owner 5 December 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Mauna Loa 1916-1917 and from December 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage18 GRT
Length56 ft (17 m)
Beam9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
Draft2 ft 9 in (0.84 m)
Speed20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement7
Armament1 × machine gun

Mauna Loa was built in 1916 by George Lawley and Sons at Neponset, Massachusetts, as a private motorboat of the same name. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, A. C. James, on a free lease contract on 10 May 1917 for World War I service. She was commissioned as USS Mauna Loa (SP-28) on 11 May 1917.

Mauna Loa was assigned to the 1st Naval District. She patrolled the coast of northern New England until the end of the war.

The Navy decommissioned Mauna Loa on 5 December 1918 and returned her to her owner the same day.

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