USS Wyandance (SP-359) was a patrol boat that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918.

USS Wyandance (SP-359) at the Brooklyn Navy Yard on 2 October 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Wyandance
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderElectric Boat Company, Bayonne, New Jersey
Completed1905
Acquired19 June 1917
Commissioned24 August 1917
DecommissionedEarly 1918
Stricken2 February 1918
FateReturned to owner 2 February 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Wyandance 1905-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage21 gross register tons
Length60 ft 11 in (18.57 m)
Beam11 ft 7 in (3.53 m)
Draft1 ft 11 in (0.58 m) forward
Depth5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Speed14.25 knots
Complement5
Armament2 × 1-pounder guns

Wyandance was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1905 by the Electric Boat Company at Bayonne, New Jersey. On 19 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. M. S. Burrill of Jericho, Long Island, New York, for use as a patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Wyandance (SP-359) on 24 August 1917 at New York City.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Wyandance served on section patrol duties in the New York City area for about five months.

Wyandance was decommissioned early in 1918. The Navy returned her to her owner on 2 February 1918, and she was stricken from the Navy Directory the same day.

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