USS Pirate (SP-229)
![]() USS Pirate during World War I.
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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 | , 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 |
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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 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)
Categories:
- Patrol vessels of the United States Navy
- World War I patrol vessels of the United States
- Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1916 ships