USS Pete (SP-596) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

USS Pete (SP-596) hauled out of the water at the Boston Navy Yard at Boston, Massachusetts, sometime between April 1917 and March 1918.
History
United States
NameUSS Pete
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderChubbuck, Kingston, Massachusetts
Acquired28 April 1917
Commissioned1917
Decommissioned1918
FateReturned to owner 26 March 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Pete until April 1917 and from March 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length29 ft (8.8 m)
Beam8 ft (2.4 m)
Armament1 × machine gun

Pete was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Chubbuck at Kingston, Massachusetts. On 28 April 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, E. C. Potter, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Pete (SP-596).

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England and based at Boston, Massachusetts, Pete carried out patrol duties until March 1918.

Pete was returned to Potter on 26 March 1918.

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