USS Venture (SP-616)
USS Venture (SP-616) was a Venture-class patrol boat acquired by the U.S. Navy for the task of patrolling the coastal waters of the New England coast during World War I. Her primary task was to guard the coastal area against German submarines.
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Venture |
| Builder | George Lawley & Son, South Boston, Massachusetts |
| Laid down | 1916 |
| Launched | 1916 |
| Acquired | 28 April 1917 |
| Commissioned | 28 April 1917 |
| Decommissioned | 5 February 1919 |
| Stricken | date unknown |
| Homeport | Portsmouth Navy Yard, Kittery, Maine |
| Fate | Returned to owner 1919 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement | 48 tons (gross) |
| Length | 80 ft 0 in (24.38 m) |
| Beam | 13 ft 0 in (3.96 m) |
| Draught | 4 ft 0 in (1.22 m) |
| Speed | varied |
| Complement | 14 |
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The first ship to be named Venture by the Navy, SP-616—a wooden-hulled, screw steam yacht designed by F. D. Lawley and completed as Shadow in 1916 at South Boston, Massachusetts, by George Lawley & Son—was acquired by the Navy under free lease from Mrs. Sarah L. Silsbee of Isleboro Island, Maine, on 28 April 1917 and commissioned the same day.
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