The second USS Wanderer (SP-2440) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918.

[1] Wanderer was a motorboat built in 1913 at Norfolk, Virginia, by Craig Brothers, and owned by R. F. Barret of Norfolk.

She was acquired by the U.S. Navy for service as a section patrol boat during World War I.

Inspected at the 5th Naval District on 13 April 1917 and designated SP-2440, she was placed in commission on the same day as USS Wanderer.

Wanderer operated on local and section patrol duties for the duration of World War I.