The first USS Courtney (SP-375) was a patrol boat and minesweeper in commission in the United States Navy from 1917–1919.

The U.S. Navy acquired her from the C. E. Davis Packing Company of Reedville, Virginia, on 28 May 1917 for World War I service.

She was designated SP-375, but before she could be put into commission as USS Warren J. Courtney the Navy shortened her compound name to the surname only under the terms of General order No.

Courtney departed Brest for the United States with minesweeper Otis W. Douglas and other vessels on 27 April 1919.

The ships headed back toward Brest, but in the heavy seas, Courtney and Otis W. Douglas sank on 27 April.