Name Severn Type Patrol vessel Length 12 m | Acquired August 1918 Launched 1914 | |
Namesake The Severn River in Maryland (previous name retained) Fate Returned to owner, 27 November 1918 Notes Operated as civilian motorboat Severn until August 1918 and from November 1918 | ||
The third USS Severn was United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from August-November 1918.
Severn was built as a civilian wooden-hulled motorboat of the same name. In August 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired Severn on a free lease from the Maryland Conservation Commission to serve as a section patrol boat during World War I.
Service history
Assigned to the 5th Naval District and under the command of Chief Master at Arms George A. Haddaway, Severn conducted patrols on the Chesapeake Bay in the West River-Galesville, Maryland, area for the rest of World War I. The Navy returned her to the Maryland Conservation Commission on 27 November 1918.
References
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