| Career (USA) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Mayflower |
| Namesake: | A species of shrubs and trees of the arbutus genus with white or pink flowers and scarlet berries. |
| Laid down: | date unknown |
| Launched: | 1897 |
| Commissioned: | 10 May 1917 |
| Decommissioned: | circa 1 July 1919 |
| Struck: | 1919 (est.) |
| Fate: | returned to the U.S. Lighthouse Service, 1 July 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 630 tons |
| Length: | 164' 0" |
| Beam: | 30' 0" |
| Draft: | 7' 9" |
| Propulsion: | not known |
| Complement: | 29 |
| Armament: | not known |
USS Mayflower (1897) was a lighthouse tender loaned to the U.S. Navy to patrol the Atlantic Ocean coast during World War I. When the war ended, she was returned to the U.S. Lighthouse Service.
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The third Mayflower, a lighthouse tender built in 1897, was transferred to the Navy after the U.S. entered World War I and commissioned 10 May 1917.
She patrolled off the Atlantic coast during the war.
When the war ended, Mayflower was returned to the Lighthouse Service by Executive order 1 July 1919.
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.