USS Fearless (SP-724)

The first USS Fearless (SP-724) was a United States Navy tug in commission from 1917 to 1921.

USS Fearless (SP-724) underway.
History
United States
Name: USS Fearless
Namesake: Previous name retained
Completed: 1877
Acquired: 20 May 1917
Commissioned: 1917
Fate: Sold 30 September 1921
Notes: Operated as commercial fishing trawler Fearless 1877-1917
General characteristics
Type: Tug
Tonnage: 121 gross tons
Length: 103 ft (31 m)
Beam: 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m)
Draft: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion: One vertical compound steam engine, one single-ended boiler, one shaft; 200 indicated horsepower (149 kilowatts)
Speed: 7.8 knots

Fearless was built as a commercial steam fishing trawler of the same name in 1877. On 20 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her for use during World War I. Assigned the section patrol number 724, she was commissioned as USS Fearless (SP-724) in 1917.

Assigned to the 4th Naval District, Fearless served for the rest of World War I as a tug in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area. She apparently remained in naval service after the end of the war.

Fearless was sold on 30 September 1921.

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