USS Eleanor (SP-677) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.Eleanor was built as the private motorboat Tringa by Murray and Tregurtha at South Boston, Massachusetts, in 1910. She later was renamed Eleanor.In June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired Eleanor under a free lease from her owner, C. B. Houghton of Corning, New York, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Eleanor (SP-677) on 9 July 1917 with Ensign C. H.