USS Venture (SP-616)

USS Venture (SP-616)

USS "Venture" (SP-616) was an "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.

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 and Sons Corp. -- 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, Chief Boatswain's Mate Zidon C. Long, USNRF, in command.

World War I service

Attached to the 5th Section, 1st Naval District, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, "Venture" operated out of the Portsmouth Navy Yard through the end of World War I, conducting security patrols and performing dispatch duties.

End-of-war decommissioning

Following the armistice, she was decommissioned on 5 February 1919 and returned to her owner.

References

See also

* List of United States Navy ships
* Patrol boat

External links

* [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/v2/venture-i.htm USS Venture]


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