Name USS Malay Completed 1898 Commissioned 16 June 1917 | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 28 April 1917 Length 46 m | |
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Builder John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania | ||
USS Malay (SP-735) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Malay was built as a private steam yacht of the same name in 1898 by John Roach & Sons at Chester, Pennsylvania. On 28 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Hannah P. Weld of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Malay (SP-735) on 16 June 1917.
Malay patrolled waters along the United States East Coast for the rest of World War I.
On 1 March 1919, the Navy returned Malay to Weld, who sold her to a buyer from Honduras in 1921.
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