USS Swan (SP-1437)

For other ships of the same name, see USS Swan.
History
United States
Name: USS Swan (proposed)
Namesake: Previous name retained
Acquired: 17 August 1917
Commissioned: Never
Struck: April 1918
Fate: Returned to owner 1918
Notes: Never placed in U.S. Navy service
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel (proposed)
Length: 41 ft 0 in (12.50 m)
Beam: 8 ft 6 in (2.59 m)
Draft: 2 ft 6 in (0.76 m) (mean)
Speed: 10 miles per hour (8.7 kn)[1]

USS Swan (SP-1437) was the proposed designation for a motorboat that never actually served in the United States Navy.

Swan was a wooden-hulled motor boat acquired by the U.S. Navy from the Conservation Commission of Maryland on 17 August 1917 for section patrol duty in the 5th Naval District during World War I. Apparently never commissioned or placed in service, she was stricken from the Navy List in April 1918 and subsequently returned to the Conservation Commission.

Notes

  1. DANFS says MPH rather than knots.

References

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