USS R. W. Wilmot (SP-604)

History
United States
Name:	USS R. W. Wilmot
Namesake:	Previous name retained
Builder:	Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio
Completed:	1898
Acquired:	4 January 1918
Commissioned:	26 January 1918
Decommissioned:	4 April 1918
Fate:	Transferred to government of France 4 April 1918
Notes:	Operated as commercial tug R. W. Wilmot 1898-1917
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Tonnage:	569 gross register tons
Length:	156 ft 8 in (47.75 m)
Beam:	30 ft (9.1 m)
Draft:	14 ft 6 in (4.42 m)
Propulsion:	Steam engine
Speed:	12 knots
Armament:	1 × 3-inch (76.2-mm) gun 2 × machine guns

USS R. W. Wilmot (SP-604) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from January to April 1918.

R. W. Wilmot was built as a commercial steam tug of the same name by Globe Iron Works, Cleveland, Ohio, in 1898. On 4 January 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner, the River and Ocean Towing Company of Wilmington, Delaware, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned on 26 January 1918 as USS R. W. Wilmot (SP-604) with Lieutenant J. Hansen, USNRF, in command.

Assigned to the 5th Squadron, Patrol Force, United States Atlantic Fleet, R. W. Wilmot operated in the Mid-Atlantic and southern New England area until 9 March 1918. Selected for "distant service," she departed the United States on 17 March 1918 bound for France. After her arrival there she was simultaneously decommissioned and transferred to the government of France on 4 April 1918.

References

• This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
• SP-604: R. W. Wilmot 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-600 through SP-699
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive R. W. Wilmot (SP 604)