USS Margaret (SP-531)

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Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903) alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1917.
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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS Margaret
Laid downdate unknown
Launcheddate unknown
Christenedas the yacht Savarona I
Completed1903 at Boston, Massachusetts
Commissioned16 May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531)
Decommissionedc. 1919
RenamedUSS SP-531 in 1918
Stricken27 September 1919
FateSold on 13 December 1919.
General characteristics
Type schooner
Tonnage58 gross tons
Lengthnot known
Beamnot known
Draftnot known
Propulsionnot known
Speednot known
Complementnot known
Armamentnot known

USS Margaret (SP-531) was a schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy for temporary service during World War I.

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World War I service

Margaret, a 58-gross-ton auxiliary schooner, was built in 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the pleasure craft Savarona I. Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, she was commissioned in May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) and renamed SP-531 the following year.

Post-war decommissioning

She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.

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