USS Wego (SP-1196)

USS Wego (SP-1196), also spelled We-go[1] and We Go,[2] was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
Name: USS Wego, We-go, or We Go
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Company, Camden, Maine
Acquired: By 9 August 1917
Commissioned: By 9 August 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 1 October 1918
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Wego, We-go, or We Go until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 34 ft 5 in (10.49 m)
Beam: 9 ft 0 in (2.74 m)
Draft: 2 ft 9 in (0.84 m) aft
Speed: 10.0 knots
Complement: 4
Armament: 1 × machine gun

Wego was built as a private wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name by the Camden Anchor Rockland Machine Company at Camden, Maine. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. R. B. Fuller of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Wego was listed as "delivered and commissioned" as of 9 August 1917 as USS Wego, We-go, or We Go (SP-1196).

Apparently assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Wego served on local patrol duties. She was returned to her owner on 1 October 1918.

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