USS Momo

History
United States
Name	USS Momo
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	New York Yacht, Launch, and Engine Company, Morris Heights, New York
Acquired	11 July 1917
Commissioned	17 September 1917
Stricken	11 February 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 11 February 1919
Notes	In private use as motorboat Elsie IV and Momo until 1917 and as Momo from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	16 tons
Length	57 ft (17 m)
Beam	8 ft 1 in (2.46 m)
Draft	2 ft 4 in (0.71 m)
Speed	15 knots
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Momo (SP-49) was an armed motorboat that served as a United States Navy patrol vessel from 1917 to 1919.

Momo was built as the private motorboat Elsie IV by the New York Yacht, Launch, and Engine Company at Morris Heights, New York. By 1917 she had been renamed Momo. The U.S. Navy acquired her for World War I service on a free lease from her owner, C. H. Crane, on 11 July 1917, and commissioned her as patrol boat USS Momo (SP-49) on 17 September 1917.

Momo was assigned to patrol boat service in the section patrol off the United States East Coast, serving in this role through the end of World War I.

Momo was stricken from the Navy List and returned to Crane on 11 February 1919.

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Momo (SP 49) at navsource.org