USS Chanticleer (SP-663)

The first USS "Chanticleer" (SP-663) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
"Chanticleer" was built as a private motorboat by Wilton C. Crosby. On 21 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, H.S. Hutchinson of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS "Chanticleer" (SP-663).
Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, "Chanticleer" carried out patrol duties in for the rest of World War I.
"Chanticleer" was returned to Hutchinson on 25 November 1918.