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US Navy · Patrol Craft

Margaret Anderson SP-1203

Margaret Anderson.

A former name retained.

(SP-1203: t. 5; 1. 36'; b. 11'; dr. 3'3" (mean) : s. 8 k, cpl. 8; a. 1 1-pdr.)

Margaret Anderson (SP-1203), built in 1907 by Harr son Lewis, was acquired by the U.S. Navy on charter from W. B. Anderson and N. F. Bonniville, 15 June 1917 and placed in service 16 August 1917. Assigned to the IN Naval District she operated as a section patrol boat out of Oyster, Va., during her brief career as a Navy vessel She was returned to her owners 31 December 1917.

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