Completed 1899 In service 1917 Length 39 m | Acquired 3 October 1917 Out of service 3 March 1919 Builder Camper and Nicholsons | |
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Name USS Anemone IV
Later USS SP-1290 Namesake Anemone IV was her previous name retained
SP-1290 was her section patrol number | ||
USS Anemone IV (SP-1290) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1919.
Anemone IV was built as a private ketch-rigged motor schooner of the same name in 1899 by Camper & Nicholson at Gosport, Maine. On 3 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her at Fort Townsend, Washington, under a free lease from her owner, E. A. Sims, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She apparently was never commissioned, but she saw active non-commissioned service as USS Anemone IV (SP-1290).
Assigned to the 13th Naval District, Anemone IV was employed to train recruits at Naval Training Station Seattle at Seattle, Washington, for over a year. At some point she was renamed USS SP-1290.
The Navy placed SP-1290 out of service on 3 March 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List and simultaneously returned to Sims on 4 March 1919.