USS Cleo

	Cleo as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1908 and 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service.
History
United States
Name	USS Cleo
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Johnson, Marine City, Michigan
Completed	1908
Acquired	1917
In service	April 1917
Fate	Returned to owner late November 1918
Notes	Operated as civilian motorboat Cleo 1908–1917 and from November 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	50 ft (15 m)

USS Cleo (SP-232) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1918.

Cleo was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1908 by Johnson at Marine City, Michigan. She was in the service of the Michigan State Game, Fish and Forestry Department when the U.S. Navy acquired her from the State of Michigan and placed her in service as USS Cleo (SP-232) in April 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. Sources differ on whether she was commissioned^[2] or served in a non-commissioned status.^[3]

Cleo served on the section patrol on the Detroit River and St. Clair River in the vicinity of Detroit. Michigan, for the remainder of World War I.

The Navy returned Cleo to the Michigan State Game, Fish and Forestry Department in late November 1918.

Notes

^ It is unclear as to whether Cleo was commissioned, as claimed by the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/cleo.htm), or served in a non-commissioned status, as claimed by the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/cleo.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170232.htm) says merely that she was "placed in service," although this implies non-commissioned service.
^ As claimed by the Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images (at http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-civil/civsh-c/cleo.htm).
^ As claimed by the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/c10/cleo.htm); NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170232.htm) says merely that she was "placed in service," although this implies non-commissioned service.