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Arval as a private motorboat sometime between 1911 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Arval
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderStamford Motor Construction Company, Stamford, Connecticut
Completed1911
Acquired1 November 1917
Commissioned1 November 1917
Decommissioned27 February 1919
Stricken27 February 1919
FateReturned to owner 27 February 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Arval 1911-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel employed as hospital boat
Tonnage49 gross tons
Length75 ft (23 m)
Beam14 ft (4.3 m)
Draft10 ft (3.0 m) forward
Speed11 knots
Complement7
Armament2 × 1-pounder guns

USS Arval (SP–1045) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Arval was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1911 by the Stamford Motor Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut. On 1 November 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Donald N. Test, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day at Chicago, Illinois, as USS Arval (SP-1045) with Ensign Franklin Smith, USNRF, in command.

Arval departed Chicago on the day of her commissioning and arrived at Charleston, South Carolina, on 7 November 1917. Assigned to the 6th Naval District section patrol and based at Wilmington, North Carolina, Arval patrolled the coastal waters of North Carolina through the end of World War I.

In January 1919, Arval moved north to New York City. She was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 27 February 1919, and stricken from the Navy List the same day.

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