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USS Euphemia (SP 539)

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Name
  
USS Euphemia

Completed
  
1898

Commissioned
  
25 June 1917

Namesake
  
Previous name retained

Acquired
  
1917

Struck
  
21 October 1919

USS Euphemia (SP-539) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Euphemia was built in 1898 as a private motorboat. In 1917, the U.S. Navy purchased her for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Euphemia (SP-539) on 25 June 1917.

Assigned to the 1st Naval District, Euphemia operated on patrol duties in northern New England waters for the rest of World War I and into 1919.

Euphemia was stricken from the Navy List on 21 October 1919 and sold in 1920.

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USS Euphemia (SP-539) Wikipedia