USS Pirate (SP-229)
For other ships with the same name, see USS Pirate.
.jpg) USS Pirate during World War I. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name: | USS Pirate |
| Namesake: | A pirate, a person who commits piracy, a war-like act committed by private parties, especially robbery or other acts of criminal violence on the sea (Previous name retained) |
| Builder: | A. Craven Construction Company, Charleston, South Carolina |
| Completed: | 1916 |
| Acquired: | 5 September 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 5 September 1917 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 26 December 1918 |
| Notes: | Operated as civilian motorboat Pirate 1916-1917 and from December 1918 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Length: | 42 ft 5 in (12.93 m) |
| Beam: | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
| Draft: | 2 ft 11 in (0.89 m) mean |
| Complement: | 8 |
| Armament: |
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The first USS Pirate (SP-229) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918.
Pirate was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1916 by the A. Craven Construction Company at Charleston, South Carolina. The U.S. Navy chartered her from her owner, A. Halsey, on 5 September 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned the same day as USS Pirate (SP-229).
Pirate patrolled along the United States East Coast for the remainder of World War I.
Pirate was returned to her owner on 26 December 1918.
References
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- Department of the Navy: Navy History and Heritage Command: Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships: USS Pirate (SP-229), 1917-1918. Originally civilian motor boat Pirate (1916)
- NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive: Pirate (SP 229)
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