USS St. Mary's (SP-1457)

For other ships with the same name, see USS St. Mary's.
History
United States
Name: USS St. Mary's or St. Marys
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Ruark, Hooper's Island, Maryland
Completed: 1912
Acquired: 17 August 1917
In service: 17 October 1917
Out of service: 26 November 1918
Fate: Returned to owner 26 November 1918
Notes: Operated as civilian motorboat St, Mary's or St. Marys 1912-1917 and from 1918
General characteristics
Type: Patrol vessel
Length: 49 ft (15 m)
Beam: 12 ft (3.7 m)
Draft: 3 ft (0.91 m) mean
Speed: 8 miles per hour[1]

The third USS St. Mary's (SP-1288), also spelled St. Marys, was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1918.

St. Mary's was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1912 by Ruark at Hooper's Island, Maryland. On 17 August 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the Maryland Conservation Commission, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was placed in service as USS St. Mary's or St. Marys (SP-1457) on 17 October 1917.

Assigned to the Baltimore Section of the 5th Naval District, St. Mary's served on patrol duties on the Chesapeake Bay and on the Potomac River between Point Lookout, Maryland, and the mouth of Maryland's St. Mary's River for the rest of World War I and for two weeks after it ended, concluding her final patrol on 25 November 1918.

The Navy placed St. Mary's out of service on 26 November 1918 and returned her to the Conservation Commission the same day.

Notes

  1. The Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships at http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s17/st_marys-iii.htm and NavSource Online at http://www.navsource.org/archives/12/171457.htm give St. Mary's' speed as 8 miles per hour, implying statute miles per hour, an unusual unit of measure for the speed of a watercraft. It is possible that her speed actually was 8 knots. If 8 statute miles per hour is accurate, the equivalent in knots is 7.

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