USS Barracuda (SP-23)

[[File:USS Barracuda (SP-23).jpg]]

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|Ship caption=''Barracuda'' ca. 1916.
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|Ship country=United States
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|Ship name=USS ''Barracuda'' (proposed)
|Ship namesake=The [[barracuda]], any of several large, voracious fishes of warm oceans related to the gray [[Mullet (fish)|mullet]]s
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|Ship notes=Registered as SP-23 for potential U.S. Navy service
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{{otherships|USS Barracuda}} ''Note: This ship should not be confused with patrol boat [[USS Barracuda (SP-845)|USS ''Barracuda'' (SP-845)]], which served in the U.S. Navy in the same era.''

'''USS ''Barracuda'' (SP-23)''' was the designation for a [[motorboat]] considered in 1916 or 1917 for service in the [[United States Navy]] that never actually was acquired by the Navy.

''Barracuda'' was a private motorboat built in 1916 at [[Amityville, New York|Amityville]], [[New York]]. The U.S. Navy inspected her in late 1916 or early 1917 for possible [[World War I]] service as a [[patrol boat]], and she was registered accordingly with the naval [[section patrol]] designation SP-23. However, the Navy never took possession of or [[Ship commissioning|commissioned]] ''Barracuda'', and she remained in civilian hands throughout the war.

==References==
*[http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170023.htm NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Barracuda (SP 23)]

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