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USS Margaret (SP 531)

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Name
  
USS Margaret

Launched
  
date unknown

Laid down
  
date unknown

USS Margaret (SP-531)

Christened
  
as the yacht Savarona I

Completed
  
1903 at Boston, Massachusetts

Commissioned
  
16 May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531)

USS Margaret (SP-531) was a schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy for temporary service during World War I.

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World War I service

Margaret, a 58-gross-ton auxiliary schooner, was built in 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the pleasure craft Savarona I. Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, she was commissioned in May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) and renamed SP-531 the following year.

Post-war decommissioning

She was decommissioned and stricken from the List of Naval vessels in September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.

References

USS Margaret (SP-531) Wikipedia