page_title: USS Wendy (SP-448)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Wendy (SP-448)
caption_attribution_description: English: The United States Navy patrol vessel USS&#160;Wendy&#160;(SP-448) during World War I.
context_page_description: USS Wendy (SP-448) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
  Wendy was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by the Jahncke Navigation Company at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 1 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. C. A Sporl of New Orleans, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned at New Orleans as USS Wendy (SP-448) on 3 August 1917.
  Wendy carried out patrol duties in the waters around New Orleans for the remainder of World War I.
  Wendy was decommissioned on 9 December 1918 and returned to Sporl the same day.
context_section_description: USS Wendy (SP-448) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
  Wendy was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1913 by the Jahncke Navigation Company at New Orleans, Louisiana. On 1 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Mr. C. A Sporl of New Orleans, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned at New Orleans as USS Wendy (SP-448) on 3 August 1917.
  Wendy carried out patrol duties in the waters around New Orleans for the remainder of World War I.
  Wendy was decommissioned on 9 December 1918 and returned to Sporl the same day.
caption: USS Wendy (SP-448) during World War I with a sailor manning the 1-pounder gun on her bow.
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