USS Margaret Anderson

History
United States
Name	USS Margaret Anderson
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Harrison Lewis
Completed	1907
Acquired	15 June 1917
Commissioned	16 August 1917
Fate	Returned to owners 31 December 1917 [1] or in 1918 [2]
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Margaret Anderson 1907-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	5 Gross register tons
Length	36 ft (11 m)
Beam	11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft	3 ft 3 in (0.99 m) mean
Speed	8 knots
Complement	8
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Margaret Anderson (SP-1203) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from August to December 1917.

Margaret Anderson was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1907 by Harrison Lewis. On 15 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owners, W. B. Anderson and N. F. Bonniville, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Margaret Anderson (SP-1203) on 16 August 1917.

Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Oyster, Virginia, Margaret Anderson served on section patrol duties until at least the end of 1917. She was returned to her owners either on 31 December 1917 ^[3] or sometime in 1918. ^[4]

Notes

1. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m4/margaret_anderson.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Margaret Anderson (SP 1203)
2. SP-1203Margaret Anderson at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-1200 through SP-1299
3. Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m4/margaret_anderson.htm and NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Margaret Anderson (SP 1203)
4. SP-1203Margaret Anderson at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-1200 through SP-1299

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.
• SP-1203Margaret Anderson at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-1200 through SP-1299
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Margaret Anderson (SP 1203)