USS Kestrel II

USS Kestrel II was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Kestrel II was built in 1912 as a private motor yacht of the same name by Percy Tuttle at Greenport, [Suffolk County, New York|Greenport] on Long Island, New [York (state)|New York], for D. Herbert Hostetter of New York City. On 2 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World [War I]. She was commissioned as USS Kestrel II on 4 June 1917 at Newport, [Rhode Island|Newport], Rhode Island.
Assigned to the 2nd [Naval District] and based at New London, Connecticut, Kestrel II operated on patrol duties in Long Island Sound for the rest of World War I.
Kestrel II was decommissioned on 6 January 1919 and returned to her owner the same day.