Name USS Peggy Completed 1914 or 1915 Commissioned 14 August 1917 | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 14 August 1917 Length 9.1 m | |
Builder Vanderslice, Camden, New Jersey | ||
USS Peggy (SP-1058) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Peggy was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1914 or 1915 by Vanderslice at Camden, New Jersey. On 14 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, G. F. Dieser of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned the same day as USS Peggy (SP-1072).
Assigned to the 4th Naval District and based at Philadelphia, Peggy conducted patrols for the rest of World War I.
The Navy returned Peggy to Dieser on 23 November 1918.
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