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USS Tramp

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Tramp as a private yacht sometime between 1901 and 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Tramp
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHerreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed1901
Acquired13 July 1917
Commissioned1917
FateSold 28 March 1919
NotesOperated as private yacht Tramp 1901–1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage27 gross register tons
Length82 ft (25 m)
Beam10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) mean
PropulsionSteam engine
Speed20 knots
Complement10
ArmamentNone

USS Tramp (SP-646) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Tramp was built as a private wooden-hulled steam yacht of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1901. On 13 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Raymond B. Price of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Tramp (SP-646) in 1917.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Tramp performed patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

Tramp was sold to Butler and Company of Boston, Massachusetts, on 28 March 1919.

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