USS Margaret (SP-328)
USS Margaret (SP-328) was a trawler acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was configured by the Navy as a patrol craft. Post-war she was sold to her previous owner.
![]() USS Margaret (SP-328) photographed c. 1917-19. | |
History | |
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Name: | USS Margaret |
Namesake: | Name retained by the Navy |
Laid down: | date unknown |
Launched: | date unknown |
Completed: | 1912 |
Commissioned: | 21 May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-328) |
Decommissioned: | c. 1919 |
Renamed: | renamed USS SP-328 in 1918 to avoid confusion with another Navy ship named Margaret |
Stricken: | c. 1919 |
Fate: | sold on 14 April 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | menhaden fishing trawler |
Tonnage: | 273 gross tons |
Length: | not known |
Beam: | not known |
Draft: | not known |
Propulsion: | not known |
Speed: | not known |
Complement: | not known |
Armament: | not known |
World War I service
Margaret, a 273-gross-ton menhaden fishing trawler, was built in 1912. During World War I she was acquired by the Navy, being placed in commission as USS Margaret (SP-328) in May 1917. She was renamed SP-328 in 1918 to avoid confusion with another Navy ship named Margaret.
Post-war disposition
No longer required following the Armistice ending World War I, USS SP-328 was sold to her former owner in April 1919.
See also
- U.S. Navy
- World War I
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center
- Photo gallery at navsource.org
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