USS Anemone IV

For other ships with the same name, see USS Anemone.

USS Anemone IV (SP-1290) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1919.

Anemone IV as a civilian ketch-rigged motor schooner sometime between 1899 and 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Anemone IV Later USS SP-1290
Namesake	Anemone IV was her previous name retained SP-1290 was her section patrol number
Builder	Camper & Nicholsons, Gosport, United Kingdom
Completed	1899
Acquired	3 October 1917
In service	1917
Out of service	3 March 1919
Stricken	4 March 1919
Fate	Returned to owner 4 March 1919
Notes	Operated as civilian motor schooner Anemone IV 1899–1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	118 Gross register tons
Length	127 ft 0 in (38.71 m)
Beam	18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Draft	16 ft (4.9 m) aft
Propulsion	Sails plus internal combustion engine
Sail plan	Ketch-rigged
Speed	8 knots
Complement	24
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun

Anemone IV was built as a private ketch-rigged motor schooner of the same name in 1899 by Camper & Nicholsons at Gosport, United Kingdom. On 3 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her at Port Townsend, Washington, under a free lease from her owner, E. A. Sims, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She apparently was never commissioned, but she saw active non-commissioned service as USS Anemone IV (SP-1290).

Assigned to the 13th Naval District, Anemone IV was employed to train recruits at Naval Training Station Seattle at Seattle, Washington, for over a year. At some point she was renamed USS SP-1290.

The Navy placed SP-1290 out of service on 3 March 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List and simultaneously returned to Sims on 4 March 1919.

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 Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Anemone IV (American Motor Ketch, 1899). Had Naval service as Anemone IV (SP-1290) and SP-1290 in 1917–1919
• Photo gallery of USS Anemone IV at NavSource Naval History