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USS Doris B. IV

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USS Doris B. IV (SP-625) sometime between 1917 and 1919, probably at the Boston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts, with the masts of USS Constitution in the right background.
History
United States
NameUSS Doris B. IV
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderBritt Brothers, Lynn, Massachusetts
Completed1917
AcquiredApril 1917
Commissioned12 May 1917
Decommissioned31 January 1919
FateTransferred to U.S. Department of the Treasury 21 November 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Doris B. IV in 1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length67 ft (20 m)
Beam13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
Draft5 ft (1.5 m)
Speed17 knots
Complement10
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Doris B. IV (SP-625) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Background

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Doris B. IV was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Britt Brothers [Wikidata] at Lynn, Massachusetts, in 1917. In April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Doris B. IV (SP-625) on 12 May 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District in northern New England, Doris B. IV performed patrol duty for the rest of World War I.

Doris B. IV was decommissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 31 January 1919 and transferred to the United States Department of the Treasury on 21 November 1919.

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