USS Courtenay P (SP-899)

USS "Courtenay P" (SP-899) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
"Courtenay P" was built as a private motorboat of the same name in about 1916 by the Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. On 5 July 1917, she was ordered delivered to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS "Courtenay P" (SP-899) on 30 August 1917. In 1918, her name was changed to USS "SP-899".
On 6 July 1918, the Navy declared "SP-899" unfit for further service and ordered her returned to her owner. Accordingly, she was duly returned to her owner on 12 December 1918.