USS Orca (SP-726)

The first USS "Orca" (SP-726) was a yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.
"Orca" was built as the steam yacht "Monaloa" by George Lawley & Son, Neponset, Massachusetts. Later renamed "Orca", she was commissioned into the U.S. Navy for World War I service on 8 May 1917 with Boatswain F. D. Grassie in command and was formally purchased by the United States Government from S. W. Colten of Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, on 17 May 1917.
Operating in the 1st Naval District, headquartered at Boston, Massachusetts, during World War I, "Orca" patrolled in and around Boston throughout her naval career.
She was moored to Fishe Wharf, Boston, from October to December 1918. In December, she steamed to Quincy, Massachusetts, where she decommissioned on 30 December 1918.
"Orca" was struck from the Naval Register and ordered sold on 18 August 1919. She was sold to Frazer Brace and Company of New York City on 2 February 1920.