USS Patrol No. 6 (SP-54), often rendered as USS Patrol #6, was an armed motorboat that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

USS Patrol No. 6 (SP-54)
USS Patrol No. 6 during World War I
History
United States
NameUSS Patrol No. 6
BuilderGeorge Lawley and Son, Neponset, Massachusetts
Completed1916
Acquired16 June 1917
Commissioned29 June 1917
Stricken7 November 1919
FateSold 19 March 1921
NotesOperated as private motorboat Bonita 1916-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage34 tons
Length63 ft 0 in (19.20 m)
Beam12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
Draft3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Speed32 knots
Complement9
Armament2 × 1-pounder guns

Patrol No. 6 was built as the private motorboat Bonita in 1916 by George Lawley and Son at Neponset, Massachusetts. The U.S. Navy purchased Bonita from Herman Oelrichs of Newport, Rhode Island on 16 June 1917 and commissioned her for service in World War I as USS Patrol No. 6 (SP-54) on 29 June 1917.

Patrol No. 6 operated in the 2nd Naval District, headquartered at Newport, on patrol throughout the United States' participation in World War I. She was decommissioned postwar and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 7 November 1919. She was sold to George A. Crowley of New York City on 19 March 1921.

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