USS SP-912

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SP-912 as the private motorboat Dorothea II sometime in 1916 or 1917.
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NameUSS SP-912
NamesakeHer section patrol number
Builder Smith & Williams Company, Salisbury, Maryland
Completed1916
Acquired
  • Acquired May 1917
  • Ordered delivered 27 October 1917
Commissioned7 December 1917
Decommissioned12 March 1919
Strickenearly March 1919
FateReturned to owner 4 April 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Dorothea II 1916-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Length75.6 ft (23.0 m)

USS SP-847 was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

SP-912 was built as the private motorboat Dorothea II in 1916 by the Smith & Williams Company at Salisbury, Maryland. In May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I, but did not order her delivered until 27 October 1917. She was commissioned as USS SP-912 on 7 December 1917.

SP-912 performed patrol duties for the rest of World War I. Stricken from the Navy List in early March 1919, she was reported returned to her owner on 4 April 1919.

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