USS Tramp

USS Tramp (SP-646) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Tramp as a private yacht sometime between 1901 and 1917.
History
United States
Name	USS Tramp
Namesake	Previous name retained
Builder	Herreshoff Manufacturing Company, Bristol, Rhode Island
Completed	1901
Acquired	13 July 1917
Commissioned	1917
Fate	Sold 28 March 1919
Notes	Operated as private yacht Tramp 1901–1917
General characteristics
Type	Patrol vessel
Tonnage	27 gross register tons
Length	82 ft (25 m)
Beam	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft	2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) mean
Propulsion	Steam engine
Speed	20 knots
Complement	10
Armament	None

Tramp was built as a private wooden-hulled steam yacht of the same name by the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company at Bristol, Rhode Island, in 1901. On 13 July 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, Raymond B. Price of New York City, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Tramp (SP-646) in 1917.

Assigned to the 2nd Naval District in southern New England, Tramp performed patrol duties for the rest of World War I.

Tramp was sold to Butler and Company of Boston, Massachusetts, on 28 March 1919.

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 Tramp at NavSource Naval History