USS Venture (SP-616)

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NameUSS Venture
Builder George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts
Laid down1916
Launched1916
Acquired28 April 1917
Commissioned28 April 1917
Decommissioned5 February 1919
Strickendate unknown
Homeport Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine
FateReturned to owner 1919
General characteristics
Displacement48 tons (gross)
Length80 ft 0 in (24.38 m)
Beam13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)
Draught4 ft 0 in (1.22 m)
Speedvaried
Complement14
Armament
  • one three-pounder and
  • one one-pounder

USS Venture (SP-616) was a Venture-class patrol boat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of patrolling the coastal waters of the New England coast during World War I. Her primary task was to guard the coastal area against German submarines.

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The first ship to be named Venture by the Navy, SP-616—a wooden-hulled, screw steam yacht designed by F. D. Lawley and completed as Shadow in 1916 at South Boston, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Son—was acquired by the Navy under free lease from Mrs. Sarah L. Silsbee of Isleboro Island, Maine, on 28 April 1917 and commissioned the same day.

World War I service

Attached to the 5th Section, 1st Naval District, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Venture operated out of the Portsmouth Navy Yard at Kittery, Maine, through the end of World War I, conducting security patrols and performing dispatch duties.

End-of-war decommissioning

Following the armistice, she was decommissioned on 5 February 1919 and returned to her owner.

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This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships .The entry can be found here.

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