Name USS Charmian II Acquired 29 May 1917 Length 18 m | Namesake Previous name retained Commissioned 1917 | |
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Fate Returned to owner 25 November 1918 Notes Operated as private motorboat Charmian II until 1917 and from 1918 Builder Chance Marine Construction Company | ||
USS Charmian II (SP-696) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Charmian II was built as a private motorboat of the same name by the Chance Marine Construction Company at Annapolis, Maryland. On 29 May 1917 the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, J. E. Stanton Jr. of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Charmian II (SP-696).
Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Charmian II served on patrol duty for the rest of World War I.
The Navy returned Charmian II to Stanton on 25 November 1918.
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