USS Margaret (SP-531)
 Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903) alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1917.
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| 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
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
She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.
See also
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center
- Photo gallery at Navsource.org
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