USS Margaret (SP-531)
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 Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903) alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1917. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 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
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