Name USS Emerald Acquired 23 July 1917 Length 43 m | Completed 1906 or 1916 In service 23 July 1917 Builder Pusey and Jones | |
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Namesake The emerald, a green gem stone (previous name retained) Commissioned Either commissioned 23 July 1917 or served in non-commissioned status | ||
The second USS Emerald (SP-177) was an armed yacht that served in the United States Navy as a patrol vessel from 1917 to 1918.
Emerald was built as the civilian yacht Emrose in either 1906 or 1916 by Pusey and Jones at Wilmington, Delaware for A. W. Rose of New York City. She later became the property of Maxwell Wyeth of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and was renamed Emerald.
The U.S. Navy acquired Emerald from Wyeth on 23 July 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel and placed her in service that day as USS Emerald (SP-177). Sources differ on whether she was commissioned or served in non-commissioned status.
For the rest of World War I, Emerald served in the 4th Naval District on harbor entrance patrol duty in Delaware Bay.
Emerald was taken out of service on 12 December 1918 and returned to Wyeth.