![]() Margaret O (American Motor Boat, 1915) photographed prior to World War I. | |
History | |
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Name | USS Margaret O |
Builder | George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, Massachusetts |
Laid down | date unknown |
Completed | 1915 at Neponset, Massachusetts |
Acquired | leased by the Navy on 2 October 1917 |
Commissioned | 2 October 1917 as USS Margaret O (SP-614) |
Decommissioned | c. 1919 |
Renamed | USS SP-614 in April 1918 |
Stricken | c. 1919 |
Fate | Returned to her owner on 24 April 1919 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Motorboat |
Displacement | not known |
Length | 55’ |
Beam | not known |
Draft | not known |
Propulsion | not known |
Speed | not known |
Complement | not known |
Armament | not known |
USS Margaret O (SP-614) was a civilian motorboat that temporarily served in the U.S. Navy during World War I. She was outfitted by the Navy as a patrol craft and patrolled on the U.S. East Coast. Post-war she was returned to her owner.
Margaret O, a 55-foot motor pleasure boat, was built in 1915 at Neponset, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Sons.
After being acquired by the Navy for World War I service she was placed in commission in October 1917 as USS Margaret O (SP-614). Her name was changed to SP-614 in April 1918. She was assigned section patrol use, presumably in New England waters.
Post-war she was decommissioned and then returned to her owner in April 1919.
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