Katherine was built as a civilianmotorboat of the same name in 1907 by J. T. Sharpley at Greenbackville, Virginia. In 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, the Virginia Fish and Oyster Commission, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Katherine (SP-715) on 26 April 1917, although the Navy did not actually take possession of her until 18 May 1917, when Chief Master-at-Arms C. C. Jones took command of her at Norfolk, Virginia.
Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Greenbackville, Katherine operated as a shore and section patrol boat in the southern Chesapeake Bay and in Virginia's Atlantic coastal waters in and around Chincoteague Bay until just under three weeks before the end of World War I. She was renamed USS SP-715 sometime in 1918.
SP-715 was decommissioned on 22 October 1918 and returned to the Virginia Fish and Oyster Commission the same day.
SP-715Katherine 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-700 through SP-799
katherine, confused, with, later, united, states, navy, patrol, vessel, commission, from, 1917, 1918, historyunited, statesname, 1917, 1918, 1918, namesakekatherine, previous, name, retained, section, patrol, numberbuilderj, sharpley, greenbackville, virginiac. Not to be confused with USS Katherine K SP 220 USS Katherine SP 715 later USS SP 715 was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1918 HistoryUnited StatesNameUSS Katherine 1917 1918 USS SP 715 1918 NamesakeKatherine was her previous name retained SP 715 was her section patrol numberBuilderJ T Sharpley Greenbackville VirginiaCompleted1907Acquired18 May 1917Commissioned26 April 1917Decommissioned22 October 1918RenamedSP 715 in 1918FateReturned to owner 22 October 1918NotesOperated as civilian motorboat Katherine 1907 1917 and from 1918General characteristicsTypePatrol vesselTonnage5 Gross register tonsLength35 ft 11 m Beam9 ft 2 7 m Draft2 ft 0 61 m Speed7 knotsArmamentNoneKatherine was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1907 by J T Sharpley at Greenbackville Virginia In 1917 the U S Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner the Virginia Fish and Oyster Commission for use as a section patrol boat during World War I She was commissioned as USS Katherine SP 715 on 26 April 1917 although the Navy did not actually take possession of her until 18 May 1917 when Chief Master at Arms C C Jones took command of her at Norfolk Virginia Assigned to the 5th Naval District and based at Greenbackville Katherine operated as a shore and section patrol boat in the southern Chesapeake Bay and in Virginia s Atlantic coastal waters in and around Chincoteague Bay until just under three weeks before the end of World War I She was renamed USS SP 715 sometime in 1918 SP 715 was decommissioned on 22 October 1918 and returned to the Virginia Fish and Oyster Commission the same day References EditThis article incorporates text from the public domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships The entry can be found here SP 715 Katherine 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 700 through SP 799 NavSource Online Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Katherine SP 715 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Katherine amp oldid 1151855977, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
