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USS Margaret Anderson

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History
United States
NameUSS Margaret Anderson
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderHarrison Lewis
Completed1907
Acquired15 June 1917
Commissioned16 August 1917
FateReturned to owners 31 December 1917[1] or in 1918[2]
NotesOperated as private motorboat Margaret Anderson 1907-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage5 Gross register tons
Length36 ft (11 m)
Beam11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) mean
Speed8 knots
Complement8
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Margaret Anderson (SP-1203) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from August to December 1917.

Margaret Anderson was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1907 by Harrison Lewis. On 15 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, W. B. Anderson and N. F. Bonniville, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Margaret Anderson (SP-1203) on 16 August 1917.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Oyster, Virginia, Margaret Anderson served on section patrol duties until at least the end of 1917. She was returned to her owners either on 31 December 1917 [3] or sometime in 1918.[4]

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