USS Murray (SP-1438)

History
United States
Name: USS Murray
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Chance Marine Construction Company, Annapolis, Maryland
Completed: 1915
Acquired: 17 August 1917
Fate: Returned to owner 26 November 1918
Notes: Served as civilian motorboat Murray 1915-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 55 ft (17 m)
Beam: 13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft: 4 ft 6 in (1.37 m)
Speed: 10 knots[1]
Complement: 6
Armament: None
For other ships with the same name, see USS Murray.

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.

Notes

  1. ↑ Both the Dictionary of Naval Fighting Ships (at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s21/swan-i.htm) and NavSource Online (at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171437.htm) describe her speed as "10 mph", implying statute miles per hour as used for ground vehicles, but presumably her speed in nautical miles per hour (knots) was intended. If the speed really is being provided in statute miles per hour, the speed in knots would be about 8.7.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 12/14/2012. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.