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
United States
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.

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