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USS Albatross (SP 1003)

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Name
  
USS Albatross

Acquired
  
by lease, 1917

Reclassified
  
SP-1003, 1918

Construction started
  
1912

Laid down
  
1912

Commissioned
  
10 August 1917

Length
  
12 m

Builder
  
Adams Shipbuilding

USS Albatross (SP-1003)

Fate
  
Returned to owner, 1 May 1919

USS Albatross (SP-1003), a wooden-hulled motor launch built in 1912 by the Adams Shipbuilding Co., East Boothbay, Maine, was acquired by the U.S. Navy and classified as a section patrol craft under a free lease from John R. Rothery of Boston, Massachusetts, for service during World War I.

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World War I East Coast Operations

Fitted out at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine, and commissioned there on 10 August 1917, the vessel was assigned to the 1st Naval District in which she served as a section patrol boat until February 1919.

Post-War Decommissioning

Following a period in lay-up, she was returned to her owner, John R. Rothery of Boston, Massachusetts, 1 May 1919. Struck from the Navy list, (date unknown). Fate unknown.

References

USS Albatross (SP-1003) Wikipedia