USS Margaret (SP-531)

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

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
United States
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.

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 of USS Margaret (SP-531) at NavSource Naval History