USS Shada (SP-580)

USS Shada (SP-580) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Shada was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1908 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts. On either 3 or 28 April 1917, her owner, Mrs. G. W. Sortwell of Boston, Massachusetts, loaned her to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned on either 3 April or 22 May 1917 as USS Shada (SP-580) with Ensign Daniel R. Sortwell, USNRF, in command. Shada was decommissioned on 2 December 1918 and returned to her owner on 23 April 1919.

USS Shada (SP-580)

USS Shada (SP-580) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918. Shada was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1908 by George Lawley & Son at Neponset, Massachusetts. On either 3 or 28 April 1917, her owner, Mrs. G. W. Sortwell of Boston, Massachusetts, loaned her to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned on either 3 April or 22 May 1917 as USS Shada (SP-580) with Ensign Daniel R. Sortwell, USNRF, in command. Shada was decommissioned on 2 December 1918 and returned to her owner on 23 April 1919.