USS Margaret (SP-531)
USS Margaret (SP-531) was a schooner acquired by the U.S. Navy for temporary service during World War I.
![]() Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903) alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode Island, c. 1917.  | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Name | USS Margaret | 
| Laid down | date unknown | 
| Launched | date unknown | 
| Christened | as the yacht Savarona I | 
| Completed | 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts | 
| Commissioned | 16 May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) | 
| Decommissioned | c. 1919 | 
| Renamed | USS SP-531 in 1918 | 
| Stricken | 27 September 1919 | 
| Fate | sold on 13 December 1919. | 
| General characteristics | |
| Type | schooner | 
| Tonnage | 58 gross tons | 
| Length | not known | 
| Beam | not known | 
| Draft | not known | 
| Propulsion | not known | 
| Speed | not known | 
| Complement | not known | 
| Armament | not known | 
World War I service
    
Margaret, a 58-gross-ton auxiliary schooner, was built in 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the pleasure craft Savarona I. Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, she was commissioned in May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) and renamed SP-531 the following year.
Post-war decommissioning
    
She was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register in September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.
See also
    
    
References
    
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
 
External links
    
- Photo gallery at Naval Historical Center
 - Photo gallery at Navsource.org
 
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