USS W. F. Marty

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NameUSS W. F. Marty
NamesakeThe boat's private owner (previous name retained)
Completed1917
Acquired"Delivered" 6 October 1917; "enrolled" on 16 October 1917
CommissionedUnknown
Stricken5 February 1918
FateReturned to owner 28 January 1918
General characteristics
Type Patrol vessel
Length40 ft (12 m)
Beam10 ft (3.0 m)
Draft3 ft (0.91 m)
Speed11 knots
Armamentnone

USS W. F. Marty (ID-1239) was a patrol vessel that served in the United States Navy from 1917 to 1918. A wooden-hulled motorboat, she was built as the W. F. Marty in 1917 for W. F. Marty of Olney, Pennsylvania. She was inspected by the U.S. Navy, in the 4th Naval District in 1917 for possible use as a section patrol vessel. She was assigned the classification SP-1145.

Little is known, however, of any actual Navy service. Listed by the Navy as "delivered" on 6 October 1917 and "enrolled" on 16 October 1917, She was subsequently returned to her owner on 28 January 1918 and struck from the Navy List on 5 February 1918, indicating that her Navy service, if any, was of short duration. There are no records to indicate whether or not the boat was ever placed in commission. Her eventual fate is also unrecorded.

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