USS Laura Reed (SP-2009) at anchor shortly after her commissioning, possibly in late 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Laura Reed
Namesake	Previous name retained
Completed	1895
Acquired	Chartered 27 November 1917 Delivered 3 December 1917
Commissioned	6 December 1917
Fate	Returned to owner 7 January 1919
Notes	Operated as civilian schooner Laura Reed 1895-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	22 Gross register tons
Length	52 ft (16 m)
Beam	16 ft 2 in (4.93 m)
Draft	7 ft 6 in (2.29 m)
Propulsion	Sails and auxiliary engine
Speed	5 knots
Complement	11
Armament	None

USS Laura Reed (SP-2009), also listed as ID-2009, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Laura Reed was built as a civilian schooner of the same name in 1895 at Noank, Connecticut. On 27 November 1917, the U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, Henry L. Galpin of New Haven, Connecticut, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was enrolled in the Naval Coast Defense Reserve on 30 November 1917, delivered to the Navy on 3 December 1917, and commissioned as USS Laura Reed (SP-2009) at New Haven on 6 December 1917.

Assigned to the 3rd Naval District and based at New Haven, Laura Reed operated as a patrol boat and as a training ship for the Yale University Naval Unit for the rest of World War I.

The Navy returned Laura Reed to Galpin on 7 January 1919.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Laura Reed (American Auxiliary Schooner, 1895); Later USS Laura Reed (ID # 2009), 1917-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Laura reed (SP 2009)

Laura Reed as a civilian schooner ca. 1917. Her section patrol number, 2009, is written on the photograph.