- Construction
- World War I service
- Post-war service
- Final decommissioning
- References
- See also
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image= USS Almax II 100651.jpg | Ship caption= Almax II (American Motor Boat, 1912)
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=United States | 1917}} | Ship name= USS Almax II | Ship namesake= a name retained | Ship owner= Mr. F. Mayer of Baltimore, Maryland | Ship operator= | Ship registry= | Ship route= | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder= Salisbury Marine Construction Co., Salisbury, Maryland | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down=date unknown | Ship launched= 1912 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=18 May 1917 | Ship commissioned= 18 May 1917 | Ship recommissioned= | Ship decommissioned= 28 March 1919 | Ship maiden voyage= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship renamed= | Ship reclassified= | Ship refit= | Ship struck= 14 July 1920 | Ship reinstated= | Ship homeport= Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia | Ship identification= | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship honours= | Ship honors= | Ship captured= | Ship fate= transferred to the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey on 28 March 1919 | Ship status=sold on 23 August 1920 | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
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}} | USS Almax II (SP-268) was a motorboat acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted with light guns and assigned patrol duty in the Chesapeake Bay area. Post-war she served with the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey before being sold in 1920. ConstructionAlmax II (SP-268) -- a motorboat constructed in 1912 at Salisbury, Maryland, by the Salisbury Marine Construction Co. -- was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 18 May 1917 from Mr. F. Mayer of Baltimore, Maryland, and commissioned on 18 May 1917. World War I service Assigned to the section patrol, Almax II cruised the waters of the 5th Naval District through the end of World War I. She served with Squadron 2 and operated primarily between Newport News and Norfolk, Virginia. Post-war service After the war, the boat continued to serve until 28 March 1919 when she was transferred to the Department of Commerce for use by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. Almax II was returned to Navy custody on 21 February 1920. Final decommissioning She was sold on 14 July 1920; and, presumably, her name was struck from the Navy list at that time. References {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/a7/almax_ii.htm}}- Almax II (American Motor Boat, 1912). Served as USS Almax II (SP-268) in 1917-1919
See also - U.S. Navy
- World War I
- Patrol boat
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