USS Wistaria (SP-259)

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'''USS ''Wistaria'' (SP-259)''' was the proposed name and designation for [[motorboat]] the [[United States Navy]] acquired in 1917 for use as a [[patrol vessel]] but never [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]].

''Wistaria'' was built as a [[civilian]] [[motorboat]] of the same name by the [[Elco Company]] at [[Bayonne, New Jersey|Bayonne]], [[New Jersey]], sometime prior to the entry of the [[United States]] into [[World War I]]. The U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. Clifton N. Jelliffe of [[New York City]], on 7 May 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and assigned her the [[section patrol]] number SP-259. However, she was found to be unsuitable for naval service and was never commissioned, though the [[Navy List]] briefly carried her name. She saw no active U.S. Navy service.

The Navy returned ''Wistaria'' to Jelliffe on 10 December 1917, and her name was struck from the Navy List.

==References==
*{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/w10/wistaria.htm}}
*[http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-w/wistaria.htm Department Of the Navy: Navy History and Heritage Command: Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: ''Wistaria'' (Motor Boat). Acquired by the Navy in 1917 under identification # SP-259, but rejected for service]
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170259.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Wistaria (SP 259)]

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