Name USS Minerva Completed 1914 Commissioned 20 July 1917 Length 24 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 7 May 1917 Decommissioned 14 January 1919 | |
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Builder Luders Marine Construction Company | ||
USS Minerva (SP-425) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Minerva was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 by the Luders Marine Construction Company at Stamford, Connecticut. On 7 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Mrs. Elizabeth C. Bowen of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. The boat was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS Minerva (SP-425) with Ensign R. G. Megargel, USNRF, in command
Assigned to the 3rd Naval District, Minerva served as a patrol boat in the coastal waters of the New York City area for the rest of World War I. She also guarded the submarine nets and torpedo nets in the approaches to New York Harbor.
Minerva was decommissioned and returned to her owner on 14 January 1919.