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USS Hunch

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History
United States
NameUSS Hunch
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderCharles L. Seabury Company and Gas Engine and Power Company, Morris Heights, the Bronx, New York
Completed1907
AcquiredAugust 1917
Commissioned1917
FateReturned to owner 1917[1] or 1918[2]
NotesOperated as private motorboat Hunch 1907-1917 and from 1917 or 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
Beam6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Draft2 ft 6 in (0.76 m)
Speed20 knots

USS Hunch (SP-1197) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to possibly 1918.

Hunch was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1907 by the Charles L. Seabury Company and the Gas Engine and Power Company at Morris Heights in the Bronx, New York. In August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, R. A. Alger of Detroit, Michigan, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Ensign P. L. Emerson, USNRF, was assigned as her first commanding officer.

Sources differ on Hunch's career. According to one source,[3] she was returned to Alger in 1917 after little or no Navy service. According to others,[4] she was assigned as USS Hunch (SP-1197) to patrol duties in the 9th, 10th, and 11th Naval Districts - at the time a single administrative entity formed by the almagamation of the 9th Naval District, 10th Naval District, and 11th Naval District - and served as a patrol boat on the Detroit River until returned to Alger in 1918.

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