USS Chanticleer (SP-663) underway during World War I.
History
United States
Name	USS Chanticleer
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Wilton C. Crosby
Acquired	21 May 1917
Commissioned	22 May 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 25 November 1918
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Chanticleer until 1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	37 ft 5 in (11.40 m)

The first USS Chanticleer (SP-663) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Chanticleer was built as a private motorboat by Wilton C. Crosby. On 21 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, H.S. Hutchinson of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 22 May 1917 as USS Chanticleer (SP-663).

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Chanticleer carried out patrol duties in for the rest of World War I.

Chanticleer was returned to Hutchinson on 25 November 1918.

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: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Chanticleer (SP-663), 1917–1918. Previously the civilian motor boat Chanticleer.
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Chanticleer (SP 663)

Chanticleer as a private motorboat prior to her United States Navy service.