USS Margaret (SP-531)
Appearance
Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903) alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1917.
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Margaret |
Laid down | date unknown |
Launched | date unknown |
Christened | as the yacht Savarona I |
Completed | 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts |
Commissioned | 16 May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) |
Decommissioned | c. 1919 |
Renamed | USS SP-531 in 1918 |
Stricken | 27 September 1919 |
Fate | Sold on 13 December 1919. |
General characteristics | |
Type | schooner |
Tonnage | 58 gross tons |
Length | not known |
Beam | not known |
Draft | not known |
Propulsion | not known |
Speed | not known |
Complement | not known |
Armament | not known |
USS Margaret (SP-531) was a schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy for temporary service during World War I.
World War I service
[edit]Margaret, a 58-gross-ton auxiliary schooner, was built in 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the pleasure craft Savarona I. Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, she was commissioned in May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) and renamed SP-531 the following year.
Post-war decommissioning
[edit]She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.
References
[edit]- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
[edit]- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center
- Photo gallery at Navsource.org