USS Naushon (SP-517) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

USS Naushon (SP-517) in port, ca. 1918. The patrol vessel USS Ocoee (SP-1208) is astern of her.
History
United States
NameUSS Naushon
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderDelaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
Completed1895
Acquired31 August 1917
Commissioned21 February 1918
Stricken13 June 1919
FateSold 17 November 1920
NotesOperated as private yacht Oneonota, Norman and Naushon 1895-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage135 gross register tons
Length154 ft 3 in (47.02 m)
Beam18 ft 5 in (5.61 m)
Draft7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed13 knots
Complement75
Armament

Naushon was built in 1895 as the private steel-hulled steam yacht Oneonota by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works at Chester, Pennsylvania. She later was renamed Norman and then Naushon.

On 31 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Naushon from her owner, J. Shewan of Brooklyn, New York, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Naushon (SP-517) on 21 February 1918.

Assigned to the 7th Naval District, Naushon served on patrol duty along the United States Gulf Coast for the remainder of World War I.

Decommissioned after World War I, Naushon was stricken from the Naval Register on 13 June 1919. She was sold to Jose Frauquia & Company of Tampa, Florida, on 17 November 1920.

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