USS Pearl (SP-1219)

USS Pearl (SP-1219) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.

History
United States
Name: USS Pearl
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: W. H. Saunders
Completed: 1912
Acquired: 23 August 1917
Commissioned: 1917
Fate: Returned to owners 23 December 1918
Notes: Operated as private motorboat Pearl 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 45 ft (14 m)
Beam: 9 ft (2.7 m)
Draft: 2 ft (0.61 m)
Speed: 12 knots
Complement: 7

Pearl was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1912 by W. H. Saunders. On 23 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Pearl (SP-1219) and assigned to "special duty."[1]

Pearl was returned to her owner on 23 December 1918.

Notes

  1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/p3/pearl.htm says she was assigned to "special duty" without further explanation.

References

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