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USS Marjorie M.

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Marjorie M. as a private motorboat. The United States Navy officer and four enlisted men aboard her indicate that this photograph was taken around the time of her acquisition by the U.S. Navy in August 1917.
History
United States
NameUSS Marjorie M.
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderGottshalk, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Completed1912
Acquired18 August 1917
Commissioned18 August 1917
FateReturned to owner 23 November 1918
NotesOperated as private motorboat Marjorie M. 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Length32 ft (9.8 m)
Beam5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Draft1 ft 10 in (0.56 m) mean
Speed22 knots
Complement5
Marjorie M. (at right) as a private motorboat off a cottage on the Great Lakes sometime between 1912 and 1917.

USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Marjorie M. was built as a private "runabout"-type motorboat of the same name in 1912 by Gottshalk at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. On 18 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, A. P. Dennis, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Marjorie M. (SP-1080).

Assigned to the 9th Naval District, Marjorie M. served on patrol duty on the Great Lakes through the end of World War I.

The Navy returned Marjorie M. to Dennis on 23 November 1918.

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