USS Kanised (SP-439)

USS Kanised (SP-439) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Kanised was built as the private motor yacht Tuscanola in 1909 or 1910 at Long Branch, New Jersey. She later was renamed Nahmeoka and then Kanised. On 8 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Kanised from her owner, Louis Kann of Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Kanised (SP-439) on 12 May 1917 with Ensign C. Van Voorhis, USNRF, in command.

USS Kanised (SP-439)

USS Kanised (SP-439) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919. Kanised was built as the private motor yacht Tuscanola in 1909 or 1910 at Long Branch, New Jersey. She later was renamed Nahmeoka and then Kanised. On 8 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Kanised from her owner, Louis Kann of Baltimore, Maryland, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Kanised (SP-439) on 12 May 1917 with Ensign C. Van Voorhis, USNRF, in command.