USS Toad was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Toad was built in 1914 as a private motorboat of the same name by D. R. Shackford.

On 4 August 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from Shackford for use as a section patrol boat during World War I.

She never received a section patrol (SP) number, but was commissioned as USS Toad on 4 September 1918.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Toad served on section patrol duties for the rest of World War I.