USS Scarpe
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USS Scarpe |
| Namesake | Previous name retained |
| Builder | W. S. Burgess, Marblehead, Massachusetts |
| Acquired | 1 May 1917 |
| Commissioned | 1 May 1917 |
| Fate | Returned to owner 16 May 1919 |
| Notes | Operated as private motorboat Scarpe until 1917 and from 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Length | 36 ft (11 m) |
| Beam | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) |
| Draft | 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) |
| Speed | 15 miles per hour[1] |
USS Scarpe (SP-713) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Scarpe was built as a private wooden motorboat of the same name by W. S. Burgess at Marblehead, Massachusetts. On 1 May 1917, her owner, F. F. Fields of Brockton, Massachusetts, loaned her to the U.S. Navy for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Scarpe (SP-713) the same day.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Scarpe served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I and for a short time after its conclusion.
Scarpe was returned to Fields on 16 May 1919.
Notes[edit]
- ^ The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s7/scarpe.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/170713.htm give Scarpe's speed as 15 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 15 knots. If 15 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 13.
References[edit]
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- SP-713 Scarpe at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-700 through SP-799
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Scarpe (SP 713)