Section patrol
Clash Royale CLAN TAG #URR8PPP USS Kanawha II , later renamed USS Piqua , was a private yacht prior to her World War I Navy service. She received the section patrol number SP-130 during World War I. The troopship America was the former German ocean liner Amerika . She was assigned the U.S. Navy ID number 3006 during World War I. A Section Patrol craft was a civilian vessel registered by the United States Navy for potential wartime service before, during, and shortly after World War I. Contents 1 The SP/ID registration system 2 SP/ID numbers and U.S. Navy hull numbers 3 See also 4 References The SP/ID registration system In 1916, with World War I raging abroad, the U.S. Navy began a registry of privately owned pleasure craft and yachts that were available for patrol service in the event the United States was drawn into the conflict, which it eventually entered on 6 April 1917. "Section Patrol" ("SP") numbers were assigned in a series beginning with SP-1 and u...