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USS Snapper (SP-2714)

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History
United States
NameUSS Snapper
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderT. E. Tull, Pocomoke City, Maryland
Completed1906
Acquired14 September 1918
Commissioned5 October 1918
FateSold 11 September 1919
NotesOperated as commercial fishing boat Snapper 1906-1917
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage60 Gross register tons
Length84 ft 0 in (25.60 m)
Beam10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft4 ft 6 in (1.37 m) mean
PropulsionGasoline engine
Speed7.9 knots
Complement5

The second USS Snapper (SP-2714) was a patrol vessel in the U.S. Navy, in service from 1918 to 1919.

Snapper was built as a gasoline-powered commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1906 by T. E. Tull at Pocomoke City, Maryland. On 14 September 1918, the U.S. Navy purchased her at Norfolk, Virginia, from W. S. Webber of Norfolk for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at Norfolk as USS Snapper (SP-2714) on 5 October 1918.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Snapper served on patrol duty in Hampton Roads and the Virginia Capes area through the end of World War I.

Snapper was sold to the Neptune Line of New York City on 11 September 1919.

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