Name USS Murray Completed 1915 Length 17 m | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 17 August 1917 | |
Fate Returned to owner 26 November 1918 Notes Served as civilian motorboat Murray 1915-1917 and from 1918 Builder Chance Marine Construction Company | ||
The first USS Murray (SP-1438) was a motorboat that served as a United States Navy patrol boat from 1917 to 1918.
Murray was built as a civilian motorboat in 1915 by Chance Marine Construction Company at Annapolis, Maryland, for the Conservation Commission of Maryland. She was loaned to the U.S. Navy for World War I service and was ordered delivered to the Navy on 17 August 1917.
Commissioned as USS Murray (SP-1438), she served on patrol in the 5th Naval District for the rest of the war. She was returned to the Conservation Commission on 26 November 1918.
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