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{{Short description|US patrol boat}}
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship acquired=by lease, 27 April 1917
|Ship commissioned=10 May 1917
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|Ship type= [[Patrol boat]]  
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|Ship complement=8
|Ship armament=*1 × [[QF 1-pounder pom-pom|1-pounder]] (450 g) gun
*1 × .30 cal. (7.62 mm) [[machine gun]]
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'''USS ''Abalone'' (SP-208)''' was a wooden-hulled [[motorboat]] that was commissioned in the [[United States Navy]] as a [[section patrol craft]] during [[World War I]]. She was named after the [[abalone]] mollusk.

Built at [[Morris Heights, Bronx|Morris Heights]] in 1913, ''Abalone'' was acquired by the Navy on 27 April 1917 under a free lease from Arnold Schlaet of [[New York City]] and commissioned on 10 May 1917.

The sparse direct records of ''Abalone's'' day-to-day operations consist merely of a deck log, which does not even cover the craft's entire career. Other sources indicate that ''Abalone'' was attached to the [[3rd Naval District]] local patrol forces and was based at [[New Haven, Connecticut]]. From that port, she performed patrol missions with Squadrons 5 and 20. Following the signing of the [[armistice]], she was detached from this duty on 10 December 1918 and was returned to her previous owner a fortnight later, on 24 December 1918.

==References==
* {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a1/abalone.htm}}

==External links==
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* {{navsource|12/170208|USS Abalone}}

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[[Category:Patrol vessels of the United States Navy]]
[[Category:World War I patrol vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:Ships built in Morris Heights, Bronx]]
[[Category:1913 ships]]