USS SP-912

SP-912 as the private motorboat Dorothea II sometime in 1916 or 1917.
History
United States
Name:	USS SP-912
Namesake:	Her section patrol number
Builder:	Smith & Williams Company, Salisbury, Maryland
Completed:	1916
Acquired:	Acquired May 1917 Ordered delivered 27 October 1917
Commissioned:	7 December 1917
Decommissioned:	12 March 1919
Struck:	early March 1919
Fate:	Returned to owner 4 April 1919
Notes:	Operated as private motorboat Dorothea II 1916-1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
Type:	Patrol vessel
Length:	75.6 ft (23.0 m)

USS SP-847 was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1917 to 1919.

SP-912 was built as the private motorboat Dorothea II in 1916 by the Smith & Williams Company at Salisbury, Maryland. In May 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her from her owner for use as a section patrol vessel during World War I, but did not order her delivered until 27 October 1917. She was commissioned as USS SP-912 on 7 December 1917.

SP-912 performed patrol duties for the rest of World War I. Stricken from the Navy List in early March 1919, she was reported returned to her owner on 4 April 1919.

References

• Department of the Navy Naval History and Heritage Command Online Library of Selected Images: Civilian Ships: Dorothea II (American Motor Boat, 1916). Served as USS SP-912 in 1917-1919
• NavSource Online: Section Patrol Craft Photo Archive SP 912