USS Marguerite (SP-193)

Not to be confused with USS Marguerite II (SP-892).
Marguerite in private use in 1916 or 1917, prior to her U.S. Navy service.
Career (United States)
Name: USS Marguerite
Namesake: Previous name retained
Builder: Smith-Williams Company, Salisbury, Maryland
Completed: 1916
Acquired: 27 June 1917
Commissioned: 2 October 1917
Fate: Transferred to Department of the Treasury 11 December 1919 for use by U.S. Coast Guard
Notes: Built as civilian motorboat Marguerite
General characteristics
Type:Patrol vessel
Tonnage:33 tons
Length:60 ft (18 m)
Beam:13 ft (4.0 m)
Draft:3 ft 6 in (1.07 m)
Speed:12 knots
Complement:6
Armament:1 x 1-pounder gun
1 x machine gun

USS Marguerite (SP-193) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

Marguerite was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name in 1916 by the Smith-Williams Company at Salisbury, Maryland. The U.S. Navy purchased her from her owner, W. D. Sargent of Bayonne, New Jersey, on 27 June 1917 for World War I service as a patrol vessel. She was commissioned as USS Marguerite (SP-193) on 2 October 1917.

Marguerite was assigned to the 7th Naval District and served as a section patrol boat based at St. Augustine, Florida.

Marguerite was transferred to the Department of the Treasury on 11 December 1919 for use by the United States Coast Guard.

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