Designation SP
The following ships have designation: SP - Scout (Section) Patrol Craft (WW I)
Also included in this index are ships with designation: ID - Identification Number (WW I)
From Wikipedia:
During World War I, the U.S. Navy acquired large numbers of privately owned and commercial ships and craft for use as patrol vessels, mine warfare vessels, and various types of naval auxiliary ships, some of them with identical names. To keep track of them all, the Navy assigned unique identifying numbers to them. Those deemed appropriate for patrol work received section patrol numbers (SP), while those intended for other purposes received "identification numbers", generally abbreviated "Id. No." or "ID;" some ships and craft changed from an SP to an ID number or vice versa during their careers, without their unique numbers themselves changing, and some ships and craft assigned numbers in anticipation of naval service never were acquired by the Navy. The SP/ID numbering sequence was unified and continuous, with no SP number repeated in the ID series or vice versa so that there could not be, for example, both an "SP-435" and an "Id. No 435". The SP and ID numbers were used parenthetically after each boat's or ship's name to identify it; although this system pre-dated the modern hull classification system and its numbers were not referred to at the time as "hull codes" or "hull numbers," it was used in a similar manner to today's system and can be considered its precursor.
| Hull Number | Ship Name |
| 68 | DESPATCH |
| 68 | VIXEN |
| 131 | NOMA |
| 135 | APHRODITE |
| 136 | NIAGARA |
| 156 | WINCHESTER |
| 157 | REMLIK |
| 158 | WADENA |
| 159 | CORSAIR |
| 160 | WAKIVA II |
| 161 | NARADA |
| 162 | CHRISTABEL |
| 164 | MAY |
| 192 | SACHEM |
| 209 | HARVARD |
| 317 | ALOHA |
| 321 | DRUID |
| 344 | COMBER |
| 375 | COURTNEY |
| 418 | ARAMIS |
| 521 | ISABEL |
| 527 | MARGARET |
| 543 | SIALIA |
| 575 | CYTHERA |
| 590 | AZTEC |
| 609 | NOKOMIS |
| 617 | YACONA |
| 642 | FELICIA |
| 651 | ATLANTIC II |
| 700 | LYDONIA |
| 771 | NAHMA |
| 876 | LYKENS |
| 1014 | SEA ROVER |
| 1015 | CHALLENGE |
| 1116 | GENESEE |
| 1121 | CHASE S. OSBORNE |
| 1128 | CONESTOGA |
| 1233 | KWASIND |
| 1256 | AROOSTOOK |
| 1298 | CHARLES |
| 1385 | FAVORITE |
| 1409 | COVINGTON |
| 1536 | ORIZABA |
| 1544 | KENTUCKIAN |
| 1613 | FRANK H. BUCK |
| 1663 | HARRISBURG |
| 1672 | YALE |
| 1687 | QUINNEBAUG |
| 1694 | CANANDAIGUA |
| 1696 | CANONICUS |
| 1697 | HOUSATONIC |
| 1702 | SARANAC |
| 1952 | CHINAMPA |
| 1957 | CASCO |
| 2164 | GORGONA |
| 2195 | MANHATTAN |
| 2195 | NOPATIN |
| 2196 | NARRAGANSETT |
| 2211 | BELLA |
| 2282 | FELIX TAUSSIG |
| 2290 | PRINCESS MATOIKA |
| 2526 | CHESTNUT HILL |
| 2527 | CITY OF SOUTH HAVEN |
| 2680 | CELEBES |
| 2718 | RIJNLAND |
| 2890 | WESTERNER |
| 2970 | CAPE ROMAIN |
| 3009 | BRIDGEPORT |
| 3010 | DE KALB |
| 3013 | POWHATAN |
| 3024 | FREEDOM |
| 3024 | IROQUOIS |
| 3044 | POCAHONTAS |
| 3044 | PRINCESS IRENE |
| 3088 | ROBERT L. BARNES |
| 3143 | CAMDEN |
| 3395 | CHESAPEAKE |
| 3396 | MANNA HATA |
| 3666 | POLAR BEAR |
| 3676 | INDEPENDENCE |
| 3804 | SANTA TERESA |
| 3875 | FLORIDIAN |
| 4063 | PRINZ FRIEDRICH WILHELM |
| 4215-B | LAKE GENEVA |
| 4540 | PASTORES |
| 4542 | ALASKAN |
| 4543 | FINLAND |
| 7961 | SCHURZ |
| 8715 | CUYAMA |
| 9643 | OZAMA |
| 9742 | SANTEE |
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