Name USS Snapper Completed 1906 Commissioned 5 October 1918 | Namesake Previous name retained Acquired 14 September 1918 Length 26 m | |
Builder T. E. Tull, Pocomoke City, Maryland | ||
The second USS Snapper (SP-2714) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.
Snapper was built as a gasoline-powered commercial fishing boat of the same name in 1906 by T. E. Tull at Pocomoke City, Maryland. On 14 September 1918, the U.S. Navy purchased her at Norfolk, Virginia, from W. S. Webber of Norfolk for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned at Norfolk as USS Snapper (SP-2714) on 5 October 1918.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Snapper served on patrol duty in Hampton Roads and the Virginia Capes area through the end of World War I.
Snapper was sold to the Neptune Line of New York City on 11 September 1919.
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