USS Natoya (SP-396) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Natoya was built as a private motorboat in 1909. On 11 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, R. M. Haddock of Ossining, New York, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at New York City as USS Natoya (SP-391) on either 11 June 1917Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natoya.htm). or 19 June 1917.Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-n/natoya.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/170396.htm).
Natoya served on patrol duties in New York Harbor. She was decommissioned on 11 January 1918 to undergo repairs. After their completion, she was recommissioned on 18 May 1918 and resumed her patrol duties for the remainder of World War I.
Natoya was decommissioned for the second and last time on 18 December 1918. On either 3 April 1919Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-n/natoya.htm). or 12 April 1919,Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/n2/natoya.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.net/archives/12/170396.htm). she was transferred to the United States Department of the Treasury for use by the United States Customs Service.
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Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Natoya (Motor Boat, 1909). Served as USS Natoya (SP-396) in 1917-1919