USS Margaret O (SP-614)

USS Margaret O (SP-614) was a civilian motorboat that temporarily served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted by the Navy as a patrol craft and patrolled on the U.S. East Coast. Post-war she was returned to her owner.

Margaret O (American Motor Boat, 1915) photographed prior to World War I.
History
United States
Name: USS Margaret O
Builder: George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts
Laid down: date unknown
Completed: 1915 at Neponset, Massachusetts
Acquired: leased by the Navy on 2 October 1917
Commissioned: 2 October 1917 as USS Margaret O (SP-614)
Decommissioned: c. 1919
Renamed: USS SP-614 in April 1918
Stricken: c. 1919
Fate: returned to her owner on 24 April 1919
General characteristics
Type: Motorboat
Displacement: not known
Length: 55’
Beam: not known
Draft: not known
Propulsion: not known
Speed: not known
Complement: not known
Armament: not known

Built in Massachusetts

Margaret O, a 55-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1915 at Neponset, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Sons.

World War I service

After being acquired by the Navy for World War I service she was placed in commission in October 1917 as USS Margaret O (SP-614). Her name was changed to SP-614 in April 1918. She was assigned section patrol use, presumably in New England waters.

Post-war disposition

Post-war she was decommissioned and then returned to her owner in April 1919.

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