USS Roamer (SP-1047)

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

The first USS Roamer (SP-1047) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

History
United States
Name	USS Roamer
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed	1902
Acquired	29 June 1917
Commissioned	20 July 1917
Decommissioned	28 January 1919
Stricken	17 June 1919
Fate	Sold 19 July 1919
Notes	Operated as civilian launch Roamer 1902-1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Length	93 ft (28 m)
Beam	17 ft 2 in (5.23 m)
Draft	5 ft (1.5 m)
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	10 knots
Complement	16
Armament	2 × 1-pounder guns 2 × machine guns

Roamer was built as a civilian steam launch of the same name in 1902 by Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island. On 29 June 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from the State of Florida at Tallahassee, Florida, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 20 July 1917 as USS Roamer (SP-1047).

Assigned to the 8th Naval District, Roamer carried out patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

Roamer was decommissioned on 28 January 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List on 17 June 1919 and sold to Frank A. Egan of New Rochelle, New York, on 19 July 1919.

References

•  This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-1047 Roamer at Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-1000 through SP-1099
• Photo gallery of USS Roamer (SP-1047) at NavSource Naval History