USS Dorothy (SP-1289)
USS Dorothy (SP-1289) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
History | |
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Name: | USS Dorothy |
Namesake: | Previous name retained |
Completed: | 1911 |
Acquired: | 17 August 1917 |
Commissioned: | by 13 September 1917 |
Decommissioned: | 27 November 1918[1] |
Fate: | Returned to owner 24 September[2] or 27 November[3] 1918 |
Notes: | Operated as civilian motorboat Dorothy 1911-1917 and from 1918 |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Patrol vessel |
Length: | 41 ft (12 m) |
Dorothy was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1911. On 17 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Conservation Commission of Maryland, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Dorothy (SP-1289) and was reported as being "already in service" on 13 September 1917.[4]
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Dorothy served on patrol duties in the Maryland and Virginia area.
The Navy returned Dorothy to the Conservation Commission on either 24 September[5] or 27 November[6] 1918.
Notes
- Per Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Dorothy (American Motor Boat, 1911). Served as USS Dorothy (SP-1289) in 1917-1918, which claims she was also returned to her owner on this date, although the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/dorothy.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Dorothy (SP 1289) claim that she was returned to her owner on 24 September 1918.
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/dorothy.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Dorothy (SP 1289).
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Dorothy (American Motor Boat, 1911). Served as USS Dorothy (SP-1289) in 1917-1918.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Dorothy (American Motor Boat, 1911). Served as USS Dorothy (SP-1289) in 1917-1918.
- Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/d5/dorothy.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Dorothy (SP 1289).
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Dorothy (American Motor Boat, 1911). Served as USS Dorothy (SP-1289) in 1917-1918.
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References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Dorothy (American Motor Boat, 1911). Served as USS Dorothy (SP-1289) in 1917-1918
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Dorothy (SP 1289)
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