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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- CIVILIAN SHIPS --
Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903).
Originally named Savarona I. Served in 1917-19 as USS Margaret
(SP-531) and as USS SP-531
Margaret, a 58-gross-ton auxiliary schooner, was built
in 1903 at Boston, Massachusetts, as the pleasure craft Savarona
I. Acquired by the Navy for World War I service, she was commissioned
in May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531) and renamed SP-531
the following year. She was stricken from the list of Naval vessels
in September 1919 and sold in December of that year.
This page features our only views of the auxiliary schooner
Margaret, which served as USS Margaret (SP-531)
and USS SP-531 in 1917-1919.
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 101979
Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903)
Alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode
Island, circa 1917.
Margaret built in 1903 as Savarona I and later
renamed. The Navy commissioned her on 16 May 1917 as USS Margaret
(SP-531) and renamed her SP-531 in 1918. She was stricken
on 27 September 1919 and sold on 13 December 1919.
The original print is in National Archives' Record Group 19-LCM.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 67KB; 740 x 495 pixels |
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Photo #: NH 100559
Margaret (U.S. Auxiliary Schooner, 1903)
Alongside USS Constellation, probably at Newport, Rhode
Island, circa 1917.
Built in 1903 as Savarona I and later renamed Margaret,
she was acquired by the Navy for World War I service, and commissioned
on 16 May 1917 as USS Margaret (SP-531). She was renamed
SP-531 in 1918, stricken on 27 September 1919 and sold
on 13 December 1919.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
Online Image: 90KB; 740 x 525 pixels |
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