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USS Anemone IV

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Patrol vessel of the United States Navy For other ships with the same name, see USS Anemone.

Anemone IV as a civilian ketch-rigged motor schooner sometime between 1899 and 1917.
History
United States
Name
  • USS Anemone IV
  • Later USS SP-1290
Namesake
  • Anemone IV was her previous name retained
  • SP-1290 was her section patrol number
BuilderCamper & Nicholsons, Gosport, United Kingdom
Completed1899
Acquired3 October 1917
In service1917
Out of service3 March 1919
Stricken4 March 1919
FateReturned to owner 4 March 1919
NotesOperated as civilian motor schooner Anemone IV 1899–1917 and from 1919
General characteristics
TypePatrol vessel
Tonnage118 Gross register tons
Length127 ft 0 in (38.71 m)
Beam18 ft 10 in (5.74 m)
Draft16 ft (4.9 m) aft
PropulsionSails plus internal combustion engine
Sail planKetch-rigged
Speed8 knots
Complement24
Armament1 × 1-pounder gun

USS Anemone IV (SP-1290) was a United States Navy patrol vessel in service from 1917 to 1919.

Anemone IV was built as a private ketch-rigged motor schooner of the same name in 1899 by Camper & Nicholsons at Gosport, United Kingdom. On 3 October 1917, the U.S. Navy acquired her at Port Townsend, Washington, under a free lease from her owner, E. A. Sims, for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She apparently was never commissioned, but she saw active non-commissioned service as USS Anemone IV (SP-1290).

Assigned to the 13th Naval District, Anemone IV was employed to train recruits at Naval Training Station Seattle at Seattle, Washington, for over a year. At some point she was renamed USS SP-1290.

The Navy placed SP-1290 out of service on 3 March 1919. She was stricken from the Navy List and simultaneously returned to Sims on 4 March 1919.

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