USS Hydraulic

A pre-World War I advertising card picturing Hydraulic as a commercial yacht and describing her availability for charter.
History
United States
Name	USS Hydraulic
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	A. C. Brown Shipbuilding Company, Tottenville, Staten Island, New York
Completed	1900
Acquired	29 May 1918
Commissioned	17 August 1918
Fate	Returned to owner 23 January 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	30 gross tons
Length	83 ft 6 in (25.45 m)
Beam	11 ft 6 in (3.51 m)
Draft	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Propulsion	One 200-indicated horsepower (149-kilowatt) steam engine, one shaft
Speed	13 knots
Complement	4 (civilian)
Armament	1 x 1-pounder gun

USS Hydraulic (SP-2584) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Hydraulic was built in 1900 as a steam yacht by the A. C. Brown Shipbuilding Company at Tottenville on Staten Island, New York. On 29 May 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired Hydraulic under a bareboat charter from her owner, Max Zickel of Hoboken, New Jersey, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Hydraulic (SP-2584) on 17 August 1918 with Chief Quartermaster R. F. Supper in command.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Hydraulic served in New York Harbor for the rest of World War I. Her duties included patrolling, the transportation of passengers, and relieving port guards on neutral ships in the harbor.

The Navy returned Hydraulic to Zickel on 23 January 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: Steam Yacht Hydraulic (1900); Later USS Hydraulic (SP-2584), 1918-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Hydraulic (SP 2584)