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SP-524
ex-Margaret (SP 524)



Call sign:
George - Sail - Fox - Nan
Patrol Yacht:

  • Built in 1913 at Gas Engine and Power Co. and Charles L. Seabury Co., Morris Heights, New York
  • Acquired by the Navy 28 April 1917 from Charles A. Stone, converted to a patrol vessel
  • Commissioned USS Margaret (SP 524), 28 June 1917
  • Renamed SP-524 in 1918 to avoid confusion with other vessels named Margaret
  • In the Spring of 1919, following World War I service, she was ordered sold
  • Ordered to be inspected for sale 4 December 1919
  • Struck from the Navy Register 6 March 1920
  • Transferred to the War Department 9 March 1920
  • Registered in 1933 to J. E. Kolf of Chicago, IL as the passenger vessel Margaret
  • Fate unknown.

    Specifications

  • Displacement 161 t.
  • Length 145'
    1933 - 122.9'
  • Beam 18'
  • Draft 6' 9"
    1933 - 9.8'
  • Speed 14 kts.
  • Complement 29
    1933 - 14
  • Armament: One 3-pounder
  • Propulsion: Two Almy boilers, two 450hp vertical triple expansion steam engines, two shafts.
    Click on thumbnail
    for full size image    		 Size Image Description Source
    SP-524 60k Photographed prior to 1917
    U.S. Navy photo NH 101978    		 Naval Historical Center
    SP-524 87k At Boston, Massachusetts, 3 May 1917, while being converted for World War I Navy service. The torpedo boats Blakely (Torpedo Boat No. 27) and DuPont (Torpedo Boat No. 7) are at right
    U.S. Navy photo NH 100560
    There is no DANFS History currently available for Margaret (SP 524)
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