USS Saxis (SP-615)

History
United States
Name:	USS Saxis
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Thomas Scott
Acquired:	5 May 1917
Fate:	Wrecked 7 July 1917
Notes:	Operated as civilian motorboat Saxis until 1917
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Length:	48 ft 0 in (14.63 m)
Beam:	10 ft 6 in (3.20 m)
Draft:	2 ft 6.25 in (0.7684 m) mean
Speed:	10 knots
Armament:	1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Saxis (SP-615) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission during 1917.

Saxis was built as a civilian motorboat of the same name by Thomas Scott. On 5 May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from the Virginia Fish Commission for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. Saxis was wrecked when she became stranded at West Point, Virginia, on 7 July 1917.

Presumably Saxis was commissioned as USS Saxis (SP-615) sometime between her acquisition and loss, but one source^[1] states without further explanation that Saxis may have been wrecked before seeing any actual U.S. Navy service.

Notes

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: U.S. Navy Ships -- Listed by Hull Number: SP-615: Saxis at "SP" #s and "ID" #s -- World War I Era Patrol Vessels and other Acquired Ships and Craft numbered from SP-600 through SP-699
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive Saxis (SP 615)