USS Marija

USS Marija (SP-413) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1922.

History
United States
Name	USS Marija
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Edgar Young, Wilmington, North Carolina
Acquired	25 July 1917
Commissioned	27 July 1917
Decommissioned	14 March 1922
Fate	Sold 6 June 1922
Notes	Operated as private motorboat Marija until 1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	14 gross register tons
Length	46 ft (14 m)
Beam	11 ft (3.4 m)
Draft	3 ft (0.91 m) aft
Speed	8.5 knots
Complement	8
Armament	1 × 1-pounder gun 1 × machine gun

Marija was built as a private motorboat of the same name by Edgar Young at Wilmington, North Carolina. On 25 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, R. P. McClanny, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Marija (SP-413) on 27 July 1917.

Attached to the 6th Naval District, Marija operated on section patrol in and around Charleston, South Carolina, until 1922.

Marija was decommissioned on 14 March 1922 and sold to Whaley Whipple of Washington, D.C., on 6 June 1922.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Photo gallery of USS Marija at NavSource Naval History