USS Margaret (SP-531)
For other ships of the same name, see USS Margaret.
 Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903) alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1917. | |
| History | |
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  United States
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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 |
| Struck: | 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 List of Naval vessels 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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