USS Malay (SP-735)

USS Malay (SP-735) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Malay as a private yacht sometime between 1898 and 1917.
History
United States
Name: USS Malay
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works, Chester, Pennsylvania
Completed: 1898
Acquired: 28 April 1917
Commissioned: 16 June 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 1 March 1919
Notes: Operated as private yacht Malay 1898-1917 and 1919-1921; sold 1921
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Tonnage: 173 Gross register tons
Length: 150 ft (46 m)
Beam: 20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft: 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m)
Propulsion: Steam engine
Speed: 15 knots
Complement: 29
Armament:

Malay was built as a private steam yacht of the same name in 1898 by Delaware River Iron Ship Building and Engine Works at Chester, Pennsylvania. On 28 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Hannah P. Weld of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Malay (SP-735) on 16 June 1917.

Malay patrolled waters along the United States East Coast for the rest of World War I.

On 1 March 1919, the Navy returned Malay to Weld, who sold her to a buyer from Honduras in 1921.

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