USS Myrtle (SP-3289)

Myrtle as a civilian motorboat sometime between 1915 and 1918.
History
United States
NameUSS Myrtle
NamesakePrevious name retained
BuilderT. B. Hayman, Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Completed1915
Acquired16 October 1918
FateReturned to owner 27 January 1919
NotesOperated as private motorboat Myrtle 1915–1918 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage21 Gross register tons
Length40 ft 9 in (12.42 m)
Beam11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Draft3 ft 9 in (1.14 m)
Speed9 knots
Complement6
ArmamentNone
Myrtle prior to her United States Navy service, probably at the time of her inspection by the 5th Naval District at Norfolk, Virginia, on 26 August 1918 for possible naval service.

The third USS Myrtle (SP-3289) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.

Myrtle was built as a private motorboat of the same name in 1915 by T. B. Hayman at Elizabeth City, North Carolina. On 26 August 1918, the 5th Naval District inspected her at Norfolk, Virginia, for possible naval service, and on 16 October 1918, the U.S. Navy leased her from her owner, A. S. Rascol of Windsor, North Carolina, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She was commissioned as USS Myrtle (SP-3289).

Assigned to the 5th Naval District, Myrtle carried out patrol and dispatch duties in the Norfolk area for the rest of 1918.

The Navy returned Myrtle to Rascol on 27 January 1919.

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