USS Euphemia (SP-539)

History
United States
Name: USS Euphemia
Namesake: Previous name retained
Completed: 1898
Acquired: 1917
Commissioned: 25 June 1917
Struck: 21 October 1919
Fate: Sold 1920
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Euphemia until 1917
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel

USS Euphemia (SP-539) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Euphemia was built in 1898 as a private motorboat. In 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Euphemia (SP-539) on 25 June 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Euphemia operated on patrol duties in northern New England waters for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Euphemia was stricken from the Navy List on 21 October 1919 and sold in 1920.

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