Malay as a private yacht sometime between 1898 and 1917. |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Malay |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
| Builder: | John Roach & Sons, Chester, Pennsylvania |
| Completed: | 1898 |
| Acquired: | 28 April 1917 |
| Commissioned: | 16 June 1917 |
| Fate: | Returned to owner 1 March 1919 |
| Notes: | Operated as private yacht Malay 1898-1917 and 1919-1921; sold 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type: | Patrol vessel |
| Tonnage: | 173 gross tons |
| Length: | 150 ft (46 m) |
| Beam: | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft: | 8 ft 7 in (2.62 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam engine |
| Speed: | 15 knots |
| Complement: | 29 |
| Armament: | 2 x 3-pounder guns 1 x machine gun 1 x Y-gun |
USS Malay (SP-735) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.
Malay was built as a private steam yacht of the same name in 1898 by John Roach & Sons at Chester, Pennsylvania. On 28 April 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her under a free lease from her owner, Hannah P. Weld of Boston, Massachusetts, for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Malay (SP-735) on 16 June 1917.
Malay patrolled waters along the United States East Coast for the rest of World War I.
On 1 March 1919, the Navy returned Malay to Weld, who sold her to a buyer from Honduras in 1921.