List of ship commissionings in 1917 explained

The list of ship commissionings in 1917 includes a chronological list of ships commissioned in 1917. In cases where no official commissioning ceremony was held, the date of service entry may be used instead.

Date	Operator	Ship	Class and type	Notes
January 24
January (unknown date)				Converted to an aircraft carrier
February 8
February 8
February 19
February (unknown date)
March 14
April 9			Section patrol craft
April 9
April 18			Section patrol craft
April 24				Transferred to Royal Australian Navy in 1919
May 1			Collier
May 5			Section patrol craft
May 5			H-class submarine	Ex-
May 10			Section patrol craft
May 10
May 12			Section patrol craft
May 17			Minesweeper
May 18			Section patrol craft
May 19			Section patrol craft
May 27			collier	Under command of Lt. Commander Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF^[1]
May 30			Section patrol craft
May 31			Section patrol craft
June 5			Section patrol craft
June 5			Section patrol craft
June 6			Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast Guard in 1919
June 9			Section patrol craft
June 25			Section patrol craft
June 26				Converted to an aircraft carrier
June 27			Section patrol craft
July 6			Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1919
July 7			Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast Guard in 1919
July 10			Section patrol craft
July 27			Section patrol craft
July 28			Section patrol craft
July 28			Section patrol craft
August 10			Section patrol craft
August 11			Section patrol craft
August 15			Section patrol craft / minesweeper
August 16			Section patrol craft
August 17			Section patrol craft
August 18			Section patrol craft / minesweeper
August 18			Section patrol craft
August 30			L-class submarine
September 1
September 26			N-class submarine
September 26			N-class submarine
September 26			N-class submarine
September 27			Section patrol craft
October 1			Section patrol craft
October 5			Section patrol craft
October 15
October 17			Section patrol craft
October 18			Section patrol craft
October 31			Section patrol craft	Returned to original owned on April 21, 1919
November 1			Section patrol craft
November 2			Section patrol craft
November 5			Section patrol craft	Transferred to United States Coast and Geodetic Survey 1919
December 1
December 7			L-class submarine
December 7			L-class submarine
December 17			Section patrol craft
December 18
December 30		A-1	Section patrol craft
unknown date			Section patrol craft

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cressman . Robert J. . Abarenda I (Collier No. 13) . Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships . Naval History and Heritage Command . 24 July 2019 . 8 February 2016. After the United States entered World War I, Abarenda was placed back in commission on 27 May 1917, Lt. Cmdr. Harry M. Bostwick, USNRF, in command when her officers and crew were sworn into the Naval Auxiliary Reserve.