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USS Daraga (SP 43)

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Name
  
USS Daraga

Completed
  
1915

Commissioned
  
23 April 1917

Length
  
24 m

Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Acquired
  
1917

Decommissioned
  
1919

Draft
  
1.07 m

USS Daraga (SP-43)

USS Daraga (SP-43) was a United States Navy patrol boat in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Daraga, a motorboat, was purchased by the Navy in 1917, commissioned on 23 April 1917 with Ensign A. F. Spare, USNRF, commanding.

Daraga was assigned to the 2nd Naval District where she performed harbor entrance patrol duty at Newport, Rhode Island, and served as mother ship to Patrol Squadron 1 until the end of World War I.

In 1919 Daraga was transferred to the 1st Naval District and decommissioned. She was sold on 7 July 1921.

References

USS Daraga (SP-43) Wikipedia