page_title: USS Natalia (SP-1251)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Natalia (SP-1251)
caption_attribution_description: USS&#160;Natalia&#160;(SP-1251) English: The private motorboat natalia sometime prior to her United States Navy service as the patrol vessel
context_page_description: USS Natalia (SP-1251) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918
  Natalia was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1909 at either Stamford, Connecticut, or Gloucester, Massachusetts, to a design by Whittelsey & Whitaker. On 8 May 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, John Hayes Hammond, Jr., of either Gloucester or Stamford, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Natalia (SP-1251).
  Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Natalia entered service as a section patrol boat. However, she proved unsuitable for naval use and was returned to Hammond on 5 July 1918.
context_section_description: USS Natalia (SP-1251) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918
  Natalia was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1909 at either Stamford, Connecticut, or Gloucester, Massachusetts, to a design by Whittelsey & Whitaker. On 8 May 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, John Hayes Hammond, Jr., of either Gloucester or Stamford, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Natalia (SP-1251).
  Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Natalia entered service as a section patrol boat. However, she proved unsuitable for naval use and was returned to Hammond on 5 July 1918.
caption: Natalia as a private motorboat sometime between 1909 and 1917.
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