USS Dorothy (SP-1289)

USS Dorothy (SP-1289) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

Dorothy as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1911 and 1917.
History
United States
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
  1. 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.
  2. 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).
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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).
  6. 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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