Name USS Etta M. Burns Completed 1902 Commissioned 2 June 1917 Length 18 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 1917 Struck 3 February 1919 | |
USS Etta M. Burns (SP-542) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Etta M. Burns was built as a civilian schooner in 1902. In 1917, the U.S. Navy leased her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Etta M. Burns (SP-542) on 2 June 1917 with Boatswain's Mate W. W. Lunt, USNRF, in command.
Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Etta M. Burns operated on patrol duties in northern New England for the rest of World War I.
Etta M. Burns was stricken from the Navy List on 3 February 1919 and returned to her owner.
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