USS Dolphin (SP-874)

The fifth USS "Dolphin" (SP-874) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1918.
"Dolphin" was built as the civilian motorboat "Ora Belle" in 1911 by H. C. Carson Love. Used as a pleasure craft in the Charleston, South Carolina, area, she later was renamed "Dolphin".
The US Navy acquired "Dolphin" on 21 July 1918 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned as USS "Dolphin" (SP-874) on 24 August 1918.
Assigned to the 6th Naval District, "Dolphin" operated on section patrol based at Charleston, South Carolina, for the rest of World War I.
"Dolphin" was returned to her owner on 16 December 1918.
"Dolphin" should not be confused with , a gunboat and dispatch vessel in commission at the time, or with , a fishing vessel the US Navy considered for service as a patrol vessel in 1917 but apparently never acquired from her owners.