Eleanor as a private motorboat, probably at the time of her delivery to the U.S. Navy in June 1917. Her name and home port (New Bedford, Massachusetts) are painted on her stern. A Colt machine gun mounted on an unidentified patrol boat is in the foreground. .
History
United States
Name	USS Eleanor
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Murray and Tregurtha, South Boston, Massachusetts
Completed	1910
Acquired	June 1917
Commissioned	9 July 1917
Decommissioned	12 December 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 14 April 1919
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Tringa and Eleanor 1910–1917 and Eleanor from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	58 ft (18 m)
Beam	11 ft 9 in (3.58 m)
Draft	4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Speed	10 knots
Complement	9
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Eleanor (SP-677) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Eleanor was built as the private motorboat Tringa by Murray and Tregurtha at South Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. She later was renamed Eleanor.

In June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Eleanor under a free lease from her owner, C. B. Houghton of Corning, New York, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Eleanor (SP-677) on 9 July 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Eleanor carried out patrol duties in the Boston, Massachusetts, area through the end of World War I.

Eleanor was decommissioned on 12 December 1918 and returned to Houghton on 14 April 1919.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Eleanor (American Motor Boat, 1910). Previously named Tringa. Served as USS Eleanor (SP-677) in 1917–1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Eleanor (SP 667)